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BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD 


OF    THE 


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WILLIAMS    COLLEGE, 

williams  town,  mass., 
From  its  Foundation  to  the  Present  Time. 

1833-1881. 

Amissos  longo  socios  sermone  requirunt. 


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NEW   YORK. 


PREFATORY, 


The  Record  here  presented  is  intended  primarily  as 
a  Society  reference-book.  Hence  it  is  prepared  with  a 
freedom  and  a  minuteness  which  would,  perhaps,  be  out 
of  place  in  a  work  intended  for  the  general  reader  merely, 
nothing  of  any  apparent  biographical  value  or  interest 
having  been  sacrificed  in  its  construction. 

While  the  material  for  these  sketches,  obtained  in 
most  cases  from  original  sources,  has  often  been  used 
very  much  as  it  came  to  hand,  it  has  frequently  been 
re-shaped,  and  sometimes  supplemented  by  additional 
particulars,  or  editorial  inferences  and  comments,  so  that 
those  who  furnished  the  data  can  hardly  be  considered 
responsible  for  the  notices  as  they  now  appear.  In  cer- 
tain instances  the  sketches  have  intentionally  been  left 
incomplete,  or  entirely  omitted.  Sometimes  this  has  been 
done  by  request  of  the  subjects  themselves,  who  were 
unwilling  to  sacrifice  the  privacy  of  their  lives  to  a  pur- 
pose of  this  kind  ;  and  in  a  few — a  very  few — cases  it  has 
been  thought  well  to  drop  the  veil  of  silence,  which  in 
them  is  also  the  mantle  of  charity,  over  faults  and  failures 
that,  even  at  their  worst,  may  have  had  in  them  something 
of  the  genial  and  the  generous. 

The  arrangement  of  names  corresponds  with  that 
adopted  in  the  general  catalogue,  and  with  the  order  of 
initiation.  The  notes  of  college  appointments  are  incom- 
plete, no  perfect  record  having  been  found  to  exist ;  while 
the  recipients  themselves  have  been  far  too  modest  to 

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4  Prefatory. 

report  their  honors.  Upon  their  statements  the  showing 
would  have  been  scanty  indeed. 

In  regard  to  these  appointments  it  may  be  noted  that 
until  1847  the  Commencement  honors  were  four  in  num- 
ber, the  Valedictory,  Philosophical,  Salutatory,  and  First 
English  Orations,  usually,  though  not  invariably ,  given  as 
thus  enumerated,  with  respect  to  average  standing  in 
scholarship.  From  1847  to  1869  the  honors  were  stated 
to  be  of  equal  grade.  The  first  three  of  those  above 
named  were  retained,  and  to  these  were  added  the  Clas- 
sical, Historical,  Metaphysical,  and  others  of  similar 
designation  (sometimes  styled  simply  Honorary) ;  and, 
although  some  of  these  were  more  esteemed  than  others, 
as  a  whole  they  were  bestowed,  without  very  exact  dis- 
crimination, upon  all  who  attained  a  certain  average. 
Since  1869  the  Valedictory  and  Salutatory  have  been 
retained,  and  Philosophicals  awarded  for  the  other  honor- 
ary appointments. 

Senior  Exhibition  was  discontinued  in  1842,  Junior  in 
1862,  and  Adelphic  Union  in  1876.  The  Prize  Rhetorical, 
or  Moonlight,  appointments,  formerly  elective  and  made 
by  the  classes  represented,  have  since  1855  been  conferred 
by  the  Faculty  with  reference  to  fitness  in  the  appointees. 
The  system  of  prizes  for  scholarship  is  of  recent  intro- 
duction. The  Fourth  of  July  Celebration,  furnished  by 
the  Sophomores,  long  ago  died  out. 

Thanks  are  due  to  many  of  our  brethren  for  aid  cor- 
dially given  us  in  the  prosecution  of  a  task  involving 
much  dry  research  ,  and  especial  acknowledgments  belong 
to  brothers  Alexander  Hyde  (deceased  since  our  work 
was  begun) ;  Prof.  William  Porter,  of  Beloit  College ; 
Robert  W.  Adam  and  George  H.  Tucker,  Esqs.,  of  Pitts- 
field  ;  Prof.  William  Goodell,  of  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania;   and   George    D.    Rumsey,  Esq.,   of    Chicago. 


Prefatory,  5 

They  should  likewise  be  made  to  many  friends  of  our 
deceased  brothers,  who  have  taken  the  utmost  pains  to 
furnish  information  in  reference  to  the  objects  of  our 
common  regard,  who  could  no  longer  answer  for  them- 
selves. 

Thanks  are  also  gratefully  returned  to  the  Rev.  Charles 
S.  Durfee  for  kind  permission  to  use  his  father's  Bio- 
graphical Annals  and  Obituary  Records  of  Williams  Col- 
lege, by  reference  and  quotation  throughout  our  book. 

Errors  and  omissions,  perhaps  of  importance,  will 
doubtless  be  observed ;  and  it  is  asked,  as  a  favor  to  the 
Society,  that  any  such  be  reported  to  those  who  have  had 
the  work  in  charge. 

And  if  what  is  here  recorded  shall  serve  to  perpetuate 
the  life-stories  of  our  brotherhood,  recall  valued  memo- 
ries of  by-gone  days,  encourage  to  faithful  endeavor  in 
duty,  and  aid  in  developing  a  worthy  ideal  in  the  minds  of 
those  who  carry  forward  our  Society  on  its  way,  now  fast 
approaching  the  semi-centennial  period,  the  labor  be- 
stowed upon  it  will  have  been  welcome  indeed,  and  the 
purpose  with  which  it  was  undertaken  fully  accom- 
plished. 

James  S.  Knowlson, 
James  D.  Clark, 
Frederic  J.  Parsons, 

Committee. 


■^    I  ' o ' 


HISTORICAL 


The  Kappa  Alpha  Society  of  Union,  Williams,  Ge- 
neva (now  Hobart  Free),  and  Princeton  colleges,  the 
University  of  Virginia  and  Cornell  University,  was 
founded  at  Union  in  1825  by  Rev.  John  H.  Hunter  and 
his  associates.  It  is  believed  to  have  been  the  first  organ- 
ization of  its  kind  in  the  country,  although  preceded  by 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  The  latter  was,  in  reality,  simply  a 
secret  literary  association,  while  the  former  was  intended 
as  a  social  and  literary  brotherhood.  It  owed  its  origin 
mainly  to  that  desire  for  a  circle  of  intimate*  friends,  so 
natural  to  those  who  find  themselves  transferred  from 
home  relations  to  the  companionship  of  a  large  gathering 
of  general  acquaintances,  and  was  well  adapted  to  meet 
that  feeling.  Its  founder  had  a  special  talent,  amounting 
to  genius,  for  the  forming  of  such  an  organization,  and 
his  plan  has  remained  for  the  most  part  unaltered  to  the 
present  day.  The  first  members  were  men  of  mark,  well 
known  afterwards  as  Professors  Jackson  and  Hun,  Judges 
Hubbell  and  Peckham,  Senator  King,  Chancellor  Dean, 
and  President  Woods,  with  others  hardly  their  inferiors ; 
and  they  together  impressed  upon  their  creation  a  certain 
character  which  it  has  always  endeavored  to  retain. 

In  1833  a  similar  group  of  students  at  Williams,  moved 
by  the  same  desire  and  led  by  Azariah  S.  Clark,  obtained 
from  the  Society  thus  founded  a  charter  for  a  branch  in 
the  college  of  which  they  were  members,  under  much  the 


>• •   •        c      ■ 


8  Historical, 

same  auspices  as  those  which  attended  its  own  original 
institution ;  Prof.  N.  H.  Griffin  and  Prof.  Tatlock, 
Tutors  Hyde,  Crawford,  and  White,  Judge  Norton  and 
Senator  Dixon,  with  others  not  unfit  to  be  esteemed  their 
peers,  uniting  to  plant  this  first  offshoot  from  the  parent 
stock. 

The  Society's  outward  beginnings  were  sufficiently 
humble,  its  meetings  being  held,  at  first,  in  the  various 
members'  rooms.  Subsequently  more  commodious 
though  rather  loftily  situated  quarters  were  found  in  the 
attic  of  the  old  Mansion  House.  These  were  succeeded 
by  the  comfortable  apartments  and  home  luxuries  of  a 
private  residence,  where  for  forty  years  every  accommo- 
dation was  furnished  which  liberal  hospitality  and  a 
hearty  interest  in  the  Society's  fortunes  could  suggest ; 
and  when  the  progress  of  time  and  the  inevitable  change 
of  circumstances  rendered  a  continuance  of  these  favors 
impracticable,  feeUng  that  the  Society  should  now  possess 
a  home  of  its  own,  its  members,  who  had  for  some  years 
held  the  lease  of  a  very  desirable  village  lot  with  the 
dwelling-house  upon  it,  were  enabled,  at  the  expiration  of 
their  term,  to  purchase  this  property  as  their  own  posses- 
sion. They  then  obtained  incorporation  under  the  gene- 
ral statutes  of  the  State,  and  erected  upon  the  site  they 
had  secured  the  present  elegant  Society  House,  complet- 
ing and  dedicating  it  in  1877,  free  of  incumbrance,  and 
beautifully  fitted  and  adorned. 

While  our  Society's  fortunes  have  varied  at  times,  its 
course  has  been  remarkably  even  upon  the  whole.  It  has 
long  outlived  the  large  and  powerful  anti-secret  organiza- 
tion formed  to  overthrow  it  and  its  fellow-societies,  the 
futile  assault  of  which  upon  our  place  of  meeting,  soon 
after  the  withdrawal  of  several  of  its  members  for  the 
purpose  of  uniting  with  us,  is  perhaps  the  most  stirring 


Historical,  g 

event  in  our  history.  And  this  career  of  quiet  success 
would  seem  to  have  been  not  unbefitting  a  Society  whose 
whole  history  shows  that  it  desires  nothing  more  than  it 
does  the  prosperity  of  the  college  in  which  is  its  home, 
the  promotion  of  good  scholarship  and  literary  excellence, 
and  the  furtherance  of  college  morality  and  good  order. 


BIOGRAPHICAL  RECORD 


OF  THE 


^a^j^^ra  J^I|rl[xa  ^lacijdvf 


IN  WILLIAMS  COLLEGE. 


1833. 


AzARiAH  Sylvester  Clark,  of  Canaan,  Columbia 
County,  N.  Y.,  second  son  of  Rev.  Azariah  and  Sarah 
[Ay  Is  worth]  Clark,  was  born  at  Canaan,  December  nth, 
1 812.  His  father,  the  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
in  that  town,  and  a  graduate  of  Williams  College  in  the 
class  of  1805,  was  a  descendant  of  Lieut.  William  Clark, 
one  of  the  seven  original  settlers  of  the  town  of  Northamp- 
ton, Mass.,  and  was  a  native  of  the  adjoining  town  of  East- 
hampton.  His  mother  descended  from  Arthur  Aylsworth, 
who  came  from  England  to  this  country  in  1681  and  set- 
tled at  North  Kingston,  in  the  State  of  Rhode  Island. 
She  lived  to  the  age  of  eighty-seven  years,  and  died  at 
Canaan,  in  1865. 

As  a  child  the  subject  of  this  sketch  attracted  notice 
by  his  bright  blue  eyes  and  ruddy  complexion.  A  friend 
who  knew  him  well  through  life  says  that  "  the  modest 
blush  which  graced  his  cheek  when  he  first  departed  from 
home  for  school  never  left  it  afterward."  As  he  grew  to 
manhood  he  became  tall,  slender,  and  somewhat  round- 
shouldered,  for  his  health  was  never  strong. 


12  Biographical  Record  of  the  \\%'}y2i' 

His  disposition  was  retiring,  and  his  manner  quiet,  yet 
he  had  much  depth  of  feeling.  Such  was  his  modesty, 
even  in  manhood,  that  few  who  were  not  well  acquainted 
with  him  gave  him  credit  for  the  talents  he  naturally  pos- 
sessed, or  the  information  he  had  acquired.  He  learned 
very  readily ;  and  his  mother  used  to  say  of  him  that  he 
knew  all  the  letters  of  the  alphabet  but  one,  the  second 
time  he  was  shown  them.  The  acquisition  of  knowledge 
was  a  pleasure  rather  than  a  task  to  him ;  and  in  order  to 
improve  every  opportunity  for  making  it,  he  taxed  his 
somewhat  slender  strength  too  far,  while  in  college,  with 
studies  not  included  in  the  regular  course. 

In  consideration  of  the  peculiar  traits  of  his  character 
and  his  facility  in  study,  he  was  destined  for  the  ministry, 
and  was  accordingly  sent,  to  be  fitted  for  college,  to  the 
academy  at  Lenox,  Mass.,  where  many  of  the  future  mem- 
bers of  our  Society  were  to  succeed  him  in  similar  prepara- 
tion. While  he  was  in  attendance  there,  his  father  received 
a  call  to  Colebrook,  Conn.,  whither  he  removed  in  1830. 
This  removal  led  to  the  transfer  of  the  young  student  to  a 
school  in  Winsted,  in  the  same  State,  where  his  preparatory 
course  was  soon  completed ;  and  in  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  he  entered  the  Freshman  class  in  Williams  College. 

In  1832  Rev.  Mr.  Clark  died,  and  his  widow  returned 
with  her  children  to  the  old  home  in  Canaan,  which  had 
been  given  to  her  by  her  father  at  the  time  of  her  mar- 
riage. To  this  the  family  were  all  strongly  attached,  and 
Azariah  often  spoke  of  it  in  his  correspondence  as  ''  the 
happy  land  of  Canaan." 

In  college  he  was  known  as  a  close  student,  a  fine 
scholar  and  careful  thinker,  an  ardent  lover  of  nature, 
whose  delight  was  a  quiet  ramble  in  the  woods,  and  as  a 
social,  witty,  and  genial  companion.  A  warmly  attached 
circle  of  friends  gathered  about  him,  and  under  his  leader- 
ship united  in  the  organization  of  a  branch  of  the  Kappa 
Alpha  Society,  previously  of  Union  College  only,  Mr. 
Clark  and  his  intimate  friend,  Alexander  Hyde  of  Lee, 
Mass.,  proceeding  to  that  college  for  initiation  in  the 
autumn  of  1833. 


1 833-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  13 

Mr.  Clark  delivered  the  Latin  oration  '*  De  Veterorum 
Grascorum  Mythologia"  at  Junior  Exhibition  in  that  year, 
and  an  oration  at  the  Adelphic  Union  Exhibition  in  1834,  and 
graduated  in  the  latter  year  with  the  Salutatory  Oration. 
He  had,  however,  been  elected  Valedictorian  by  his  class, 
in  accordance  with  the  custom  of  those  times,  which  per- 
mitted the  graduating  class  to  nominate  the  honor  men  of 
their  choice,  or  the  highest  of  them,  to  the  Faculty.  In 
this  case  their  selection  was  set  aside  for  reasons  which 
were  reserved,  although  inferiority  in  scholarship  was  not 
thought  by  the  friends  of  the  nominee  to  have  been  the 
cause  of  his  failure  to  receive  the  first  appointment.  But 
"  he  felt  willing  to  sacrifice  much  to  his  love  for  the 
Society." 

After  graduating,  Mr.  Clark  went  to  Troy,  N.  Y., 
where  he  entered,  as  student  at  law,  the  office  of  Daniel 
Gardner,  Esq.,  and  afterwards  that  of  Cushman  &  Sey- 
mour, with  whom  he  remained  until  the  failure  of  his 
health  in  March,  1837,  when  he  returned  to  his  mother's 
home.  He  was  then  suffering,  apparently,  from  general 
debility  only,  and  no  special  anxiety  was  aroused  by  his 
symptoms ;  but  a  slight  hemorrhage  from  the  throat  or 
lungs,  which  occurred  about  the  ist  of  April,  occasioned 
his  friends  great  alarm,  and  apparently  led  him  to  feel  that 
his  case  was  hopeless.  Repeated  and  increasingly  severe 
attacks  soon  exhausted  his  enfeebled  constitution,  and 
death  ensued  on  the  12th  of  May,  1837. 

Like  many  another  bright  and  active  mind,  he  had 
pushed  his  way  into  regions  of  doubt,  and  perhaps  even  of 
scepticism  ;  but  the  sober  hours  of  trouble  and  the  shades 
of  coming  death  quieted  and  dispersed  these  wilder 
thoughts,  and  restored  to  him,  as  to  many  another,  the 
faith  in  which  his  childhood  had  been  nurtured.  He  died 
peacefully,  trusting  in  his  Saviour,  and  his  friends  have 
abundant  reason  for  believing  that  his  spirit  sought  its 
final  home  in  the  happy  land  of  a  better  Canaan  than  that 
which  he  had  loved"  so  deeply  here.  A  discourse  was 
preached  at  his  funeral  by  Rev.  S.  J.  Tracy,  a  friend  of 
his  father,  and  a  Williams  graduate.     His  remains  were 


14  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1833. 

laid  in  the  cemetery  of  his  native  town,  with  those  of  his 
nearest  relatives,  and  his  name  is  inscribed  upon  the  fam- 
ily monument.  But  his  peculiar  memorial  exists  in  the 
Society  of  which  he  was  the  founder  in  Williams  College. 
This  will  ever  lament  his  untimely  death,  cherish  the 
memory  of  his  devotion  to  its  interests,  and  indulge  a  well- 
founded  pride  in  the  regard  which  he  won  from  those  who 
knew  him  best,  by  his  marked  intellectual  ability  and  the 
many  fine  and  attractive  traits  of  his  character. 

Obituary  notices  of  Mr.  Clark  appeared  in  Troy  and 
Hartford  papers.  His  elder  brother,  Mr.  William  A. 
Clark,  of  West  Liberty,  Iowa,  and  a  younger  sister,  Mrs. 
Sarah  A.  Barstow,  of  Canaan,  survive  him.     (May,  1880.) 


^Alexander  Hyde,  of  Lee,  Mass.,  his  place  of  resi- 
dence through  life,  was  born  in  that  town,  September  25th, 
1 8 14.  His  father.  Rev.  Dr.  Alvan  Hyde,  Trustee  and  sec- 
ond Vice-President  of  WiUiams  College,  and  for  many 
years  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Lee,  was  a 
native  of  Norwich,  Conn.  His  mother,  Mrs.  Lucy  [Fes- 
senden]  Hyde,  was  originally  from  Sandwich,  Mass.  His 
brothers,  Hon.  WiUiam  Hyde,  of  Ware,  and  Joseph  Hyde^ 
of  Sheffield,  were  also  Williams  graduates. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  under 
"  Father  Hotchkin,"  at  the  old  Lenox  Academy,  where  he 
met  and  became  intimate  with  his  future  chum  and  asso- 
ciate in  the  founding  of  our  Society  at  WilHams,  Azariah 
S.  Clark,  with  whom  he  entered  the  college,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  1830,  and  graduated  in  1834.  Their  friendship 
continued  until  cut  short  by  the  early  decease  of  Mr.  Clark, 
as  detailed  in  the  preceding  sketch.  For  interesting  rem- 
iniscences and  valuable  information  respecting  the  men  of 
his  time  and  the  early  history  of  our  Society,  the  com- 
pilers of  this  volume  are  much  indebted  to  Mr.  Hyde's 
contributions  to  their  undertaking. 

After  graduation  he  taught  school  for  a  year  in  Pitts- 
field,  and  during  the  two  following  years  had  charge  of 
the  High  School  in  Lee.      He  was  thus  led  to  open  in 


1 83 3-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  15 

1837  at  the  family  homestead,  which  had  become  his  own 
by  inheritance,  his  boarding-school  for  boys,  afterwards 
very  widely  known,  which  he  continued  to  conduct  for 
twenty-nine  years,  carrying  on  at  the  same  time  the  farm 
connected  with  it.  In  this  institution  many  young  men 
were  prepared  for  Williams  and  other  colleges,  not  a  few 
of  whom  became  members  of  the  Society  which  their 
instructor  had  helped  to  found  within  his  alma  mater's 
walls. 

It  was  probably  due  to  the  interest  which  he  took  in 
beautifying  and  improving  the  Lee  homestead  that  his 
attention  was  strongly  directed  toward  the  subject  of 
improved  agriculture.  In  this  he  eventually  became  so 
much  engrossed  that  from  about  the  year  1866  he  gave 
most  of  his  time  to  it,  especially  in  the  way  of  writing  for 
the  periodicals  devoted  to  that  interest.  During  four 
years  he  was  the  agricultural  editor  of  the  Berkshire  Eagle, 
furnishing  also  most  of  the  leading  articles  upon  general 
subjects.  In  1874  he  undertook  the  management  of  the 
Lee  village  paper.  The  Valley  Gleaner,  his  connection  with 
which  continued  for  three  years  ;  and  he  was  long  a  regu- 
lar contributor  to  the  New  York  Weekly  Times.  Nor 
were  his  labors  in  this  field  restricted  to  journalism.  He 
was  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Board 
of 'Agriculture,  and  in  1869  delivered  before  the  Lowell 
Institute  of  Boston  a  course  of  twelve  lectures  upon  his 
specialty,  which  was  published  and  has  become  a  standard 
authority.  In  connection  with  the  Lee  Centennial,  in  1877, 
he  prepared  a  history  of  the  town,  which  was  printed  in  a 
handsome  octavo  volume,  "  and  is  an  invaluable  legacy  to 
his  native  place."  Upon  the  establishment  of  the  Berk- 
shire Historical  Society  in  1878,  he  was  elected  its  presi- 
dent, and  in  this  position  "  displayed  great  tact,  energy, 
and  knowledge  of  the  county,"  contributing  much  to  the 
success  of  the  enterprise.  **  It  was  said  commonly  among 
his  associates  that  he  zvas  the  Society."  "  His  services  in 
establishing  the  Lee  Library  were  of  incalculable  value  to 
that  institution,"  and  he  was  a  leading  spirit  in  the  Farm- 
ers' Club  of  the  town.     In  its  educational  affairs  he  was, 


1 6  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1833. 

as  might  have  been  expected,  deeply  interested  and  effi- 
ciently engaged,  serving  for  twenty-five  years,  or  more, 
on  its  School  Committee,  most  of  the  time  as  its  chair- 
man. In  the  church  he  was  long  a  deacon,  and,  as  such, 
''  relied  upon  and  honored."  Thus,  for  over  forty  years, 
to  him,  "  more  than  to  any  other,  his  town  was  indebted  for 
hard,  faithful,  and  long-continued  service,"  and  it  might 
almost  be  added,  apparently,  that,  in  fact,  he  was  the 
town. 

Nor  was  his  work  merely  local.  Upon  the  estabUsh- 
ment  of  the  Normal  Institution  for  the  education  of  freed- 
men  at  Hampton,  Va.,  he  became  one  of  its  trustees,  and 
in  that  capacity  he  rendered  "  the  most  valuable  service  to 
the  institution"  by  advice  as  to  its  management,  lectures 
to  its  pupils,  and  the  like.  Similar  aid  was  also  given  by 
him  to  the  Government  Indian  School  at  Carlisle,  Pa. 

Mr.  Hyde  was  for  some  years  President  of  the  Society 
of  Alumni  of  Williams  College,  and  filled  the  chair  at  its 
last  Commencement  meeting.  He  was  also  upon  its  Board 
of  Visitors. 

In  politics  he  had  not  been  active,  but  he  was  elected 
last  fall  to  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  State,  his 
first  political  office,  "in  which  his  native  ability,  excellent 
judgment,  and  thorough  information  upon  many  subjects 
would  have  enabled  him  to  distinguish  himself,  although 
he  was  not  a  fluent  speaker."  But  upon  this  field  he  was 
hardly  permitted  to  enter.  Soon  after  the  opening  of  the 
legislative  session,  on  the  12th  of  January,  in  the  pres- 
ent year,  while  leaving  the  State  House,  at  about  four 
o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  the  hour  of  adjournment,  Mr. 
Hyde  fell  upon  the  pavement,  prostrated,  as  is  supposed, 
by  a  stroke  of  apoplexy.  He  was  conveyed  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts General  Hospital,  but  died  before  reaching  it,  thus 
closing  a  life  of  active  and  untiring  work  in  the  very  midst 
of  dignified  and  honorable  service.  It  was  indeed  well 
said  that  "  Berkshire  was  thus  called  to  mourn  the  loss,  in 
the  height  of  his  usefulness,  of  one  of  her  noblest,  ablest, 
and  best  sons ;  and  that  hardly  any  sadder  news  than  this 
could  have  been  brought  to  her  hills,  where  he  was  emi- 


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nently  loved  and  respected,  and  by  those  whose  opinion  is 
worth  the  most,  admired." 

Mr.  Hyde  married,  October  ist,  1839,  CorneUa,  daugh- 
ter of  Lieut.-Gov.  Hull,  of  New  Marlborough.  By  this  mar- 
riage he  had  nine  children,  three  of  whom  are  sons,  and 
cashiers  of  banks  in  Kansas.  "  The  training  of  this  family 
to  act  well  their  part  in  the  world  "  he  himself  declared 
that  he  "  considered  the  great  work  of  his  life." 

(Feb.,  1 88 1.) 

Junior  Exhibition,  1 833.  President  Philotechnian.  Adel- 
phic  Union  Ex.,  1834.  Commencement,  1834.  A.M.  ia 
course.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1865. 


*Hon.  James  Dixon,  ll.d.  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  son  of 
Judge  William  and  Mary  [Field]  Dixon,  was  born  at  En- 
field, in  the  same  State,  his  parents'  home,  on  the  5th  of  Au- 
gust, 1 8 14.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  High  School  in 
Ellington,  near  by,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  at 
the  age  of  sixteen,  in  the  autumn  of  1830.  While  in  college 
he  was  recognized  as  the  class  poet ;  dehvered  at  Junior 
Exhibition  in  1833  ^^  original  poem  upon  **The  Victim  of 
Ambition,"  and  was  graduated  in  1834  with  another,  enti- 
tled ''  Human  Life."  A  selection  from  his  poetical  pieces 
contained  in  Everest's  "  Poets  of  Connecticut"  (Hartford, 
1843)  includes  the  following  sonnet,  which  may  well  have 
been  inspired  by  the  natural  features  of  the  region  sur- 
rounding the  college,  as  the  well-known  lines  to  Green 
River  had  already  been  suggested  to  Bryant. 

A  RAMBLE  IN  THE  WOODS. 

The  soft  sweet  music  of  the  forest  birds. 

The  fragrance  of  wild  flowers,  the  solemn  hush 

Of  the  dark  woods,  more  eloquent  than  words, 

The  murmuring  sounds  of  summer  streams,  that  rush 

O'er  flowers  and  bended  grass,  our  souls  beguile. 

And  tempt  our  wandering  feet  for  many  a  mile. 


1 8  Biographical  Record  of  the  [^833. 

Through  the  green  leaves  we  look  to  yon  deep  sky 
Blue  as  the  ocean,  stretching  far  around, 
And  feel  our  hearts,  to  earth  no  longer  bound, 
Spreading  their  eagle-wings  to  soar  on  high. 
Oh!  in  this  perfect  stillness  how  the  heart 
Pants  for  that  power  which  is  its  better  part ; 
And  'mid  the  teachings  of  these  trees  and  flowers, 
Sighs  o'er  the  memory  of  its  wasted  hours  ! 


Mr.  Dixon  was  always  devoted  to  literature,  was  for 
some  time  a  correspondent  of  the  periodical  press,  and 
published  many  contributions  in  verse  to  the  New  Eng- 
land Magazine  and  the  Connecticut  Courant.  The  editor 
•of  the  collection  already  mentioned  says  that  "  these  dis- 
play true  poetical  powers,"  and  that  "  the  sonnets  in  par- 
ticular are  characterized  by  a  chasteness  of  thought  and 
style  which  entitles  them  to  a  high  place  among  poems  of 
their  order." 

The  bright  and  social  nature  of  the  class  laureate,  his 
pleasant  and  somewhat  showy  vein  of  talent,  and  his  free 
and  ready  manner,  rendered  him  conspicuous  in  college ; 
while  his  warm  and  friendly  disposition  especially  fitted 
him  to  enjoy  the  intimacies  of  a  secret  society.  He  entered 
into  ours  with  enthusiasm,  and  formed  attachments  in  its 
circle  which  were  to  outlast  college  days  ;  nor  did  he 
ever  fail,  even  amid  the  preoccupations  of  public  life,  to 
meet  a  Society  brother  with  friendly  interest. 

After  graduation  he  studied  law  in  his  father's  office, 
and  upon  admission  to  the  bar  began  practice  in  Enfield. 
He  was  soon  after  called  to  represent  the  town  in  the  leg- 
islature, and  thus  began  his  thirty  years  of  political  life. 
On  the  I  St  of  October,  1833,  he  married  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Dr.  Jonathan  Cogswell,  Professor  at  East 
Windsor,  and  soon  after  removed  to  Hartford,  which  be- 
came his  permanent  residence.  He  then  entered  into 
partnership  with  Judge  Ellsworth,  and  rose  rapidly  in 
professional  estimation,  but  soon  became  interested  in 
politics,  in  which  his  talents  found  their  natural  field.  In 
1845  he  was  elected,  and  in   1847  re-elected,  to  the  U.  S. 


1 83 3- J  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  19 

House  of  Representatives,  and  in  1857  was  advanced  to 
the  U.  S.  Senate,  in  which  he  served  two  full  terms,  declin- 
ing in  1859  ^^  offer  of  appointment  as  Minister  to  Russia. 
Upon  the  expiration  of  his  second  Senatorial  term,  he 
withdrew  in  a  measure  from  the  political  arena,  and  the 
remainder  of  his  life  was  spent  in  the  social  and  literary 
occupations  of  his  own  attractive  home. 

Senator  Dixon  died  in  March,  1873,  after  a  short  attack 
of  heart-disease.  His  funeral  was  numerously  attended, 
U.  S.  Senators  and  other  distinguished  friends  acting 
as  pall-bearers,  and  his  remains  were  interred  in  Cedar 
Hill  Cemetery,  near  Hartford.  His  wife,  who  has  since 
deceased,  two  sons,  and  two  daughters  survived  him. 

The  native  talents,  agreeable  manners,  fine  tastes,  and 
literary  cultivation  of  this  prominent  member  of  our  fra- 
ternity made  him  a  popular  and  successful  man  from  the 
first.  Subsequently  his  large  means  and  abundant  hospi- 
tality extended  his  sphere  of  influence  and  confirmed  him 
in  the  position  which  nature  seemed  to  have  fitted  him  es- 
pecially to  fill.  His  home  was  a  literary  centre,  always 
open  for  the  reception  of  men  of  culture  ;  his  own  cordial- 
ity to  them  was  admirably  supported  by  that  of  his  wife, 
and  thus  in  many  ways  his  success  brought  with  it  only 
higher  estimation  and  further  advancement. 

In  1862  he  was  honored  with  the  degree  of  LL.D.  by 
Trinity  College. 

Junior  Ex.,  1833.  President  Philotechnian.  Adelphic 
Union  Ex.,  1834.  Commencement,  1834.  Master's  Ora- 
tion, 1837.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  (Honorary,)  1865. 


*  Rev.  James  Maltby  Sayre,  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Francis  and  Susan  [Taylor]  Sayre,  was  born  at  Catskill, 
his  parents'  home,  March  4th,  18 14. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  native  town,  entered 
Williams,  and  after  graduating  there  in  1834,  studied  the- 
ology in  Auburn  (N.  Y.)  Seminary.  Was  ordained  in 
September,  1839,  ^"^^  soon  after  was  installed  pastor  at 


20  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i^SS- 

Rondout,  N.  Y.,  where  he  remained,  successfully  engaged 
in  ministerial  work,  until  failing  health  and  growing  deaf- 
ness compelled  his  retirement  from  the  pulpit.  During 
most  of  the  rest  of  his  life  he  was  engaged  in  business  in 
Catskill,  where  his  death  occurred  on  the  9th  of  May, 
1874.  It  was  apparently  the  result  of  a  general  breaking 
down  of  the  system.  His  health  had  never  been  good, 
and  he  passed  away  after  a  brief  illness. 

Intelligent  and  courteous,  he  was  distinguished  for 
kindness  and  liberality,  and  was  greatly  respected  in  the 
community.     He  was  unmarried. 

Obituary  Record^  1874-75,  mainly. 

Junior  Ex.,  1833.     Valedictory,  Adelphic  Un.,  1834. 


George  Hamilton  Norris,  of  Chicago,  III,  was  born 
in  Sullivan  County,  N.  Y.,  May  31st,  1812.  His  father, 
who  was  of  English  descent,  removed  to  Deer  Park, 
Orange  County,  in  1 8 1 7,  and  there  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
resided  until  after  graduation. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Middletown  and  Cold- 
enham  (N.  Y.)  academies  and  at  the  High  School  in  Troy, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1830,  joined  in  the  es- 
tablishment of  our  Society,  and  was  graduated  in  1834. 
During  Senior  vacation  commenced  the  study  of  law  with 
Huntington  &  Van  Schoonhoven,  in  Troy,  and  continued 
thus  occupied  until  April,  1835,  when  he  married  Lydia 
M.  Hoxsey,  of  Williamstown,  and  immediately  afterwards 
removed  to  the  West,  settling  in  Ottawa,  111.,  where  he  re- 
sided for  many  years.  During  this  term  he  was  success- 
fully engaged  in  legal  practice  and  in  various  business 
operations,  taking  a  conspicuous  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
town,  which  he  did  much  towards  building  up,  and  filling 
the  positions  of  Justice  of  the  Peace,  County  Surveyor, 
Mayor,  and  President  of  the  Bank  of  Ottawa.  In  1858  he 
purchased  a  large  plantation  on  Long  Island,  also  named 
Deer  Park.  In  1859  removed  to  Chicago,  having  property 
interests  in  that  city,  but  the  following  year  went  thence 


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to  Colorado  to  engage  in  mining  operations,  and  while 
there  was  a  member  of  the  Territorial  Legislature.  After 
remaining  about  four  years,  he  returned  to  Ottawa,  where 
his  family  had  resided  in  the  mean  time ;  spent  most  of  the 
following  two  years  in  North  Carolina  with  his  wife,  who 
was  in  failing  health,  and  then  returned  to  Chicago,  where 
Mrs.  Norris  died  in  October,  1869. 

In  January,  1871,  Mr.  Norris  married  Eliza  U.,  daughter 
of  George  Fulmer,  Esq.,  of  Williamsport,  Pa.,  and  during 
the  same  year  purchased  the  Spanish  Grants  at  Spring 
Garden,  Volusia  County,  Fla.,  on  the  St.  John's  River, 
where  he  has  one  of  the  finest  orange-groves  in  the  State, 
and  spends  the  winter  and  spring  seasons  in  each  year. 

Mr.  Norris  was  a  delegate  from  Illinois  to  the  Demo- 
cratic National  Convention  of  1856,  and  a  warm  friend  of 
Hon.  Stephen  A.  Douglas. 

He  had,  by  his  first  marriage,  a  family  of  five  children. 

(Feb.,  1 88 1.) 

Prize,  Sophomore  Moonlight,  1832.     Junior  Ex.,  1833 
Commencement,  1834. 


Rev.  Thomas  Wright  of  Fentonville,  Mich.,  son  of 
Charles  and  Eunice  [Robinson]  Wright,  and  brother  of 
Moses  R.  Wright  (for  particulars  respecting  all  of  whom 
see  sketch  of  latter),  was  born  October  nth,  18 14,  at  Ben- 
nington, Vt. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  native  town,  entered 
Williams  in  1831,  assisted  in  the  founding  of  our  Society, 
and  was  graduated  in  1835.  He  then  taught  school  for 
one  year,  and  after  studying  theology  the  following  two 
years  at  Princeton,  completed  his  course  at  Andover, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1839.  ^^  August,  1840,  he 
entered  upon  the  pastorate  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in 
Wolcott,  N.  Y.,  which  he  continued  to  fill  for  sixteen 
years.  He  was  then  engaged  with  the  American  Tract 
Society  for  three  years  (1856-59),  at  the  expiration  of 
which,  in  consequence  of  failure  of  health,  he  removed  to 


2  2  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1833. 

Fentonville,  where,  in  March,  i860,  he  became  pastor  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  Four  years  later,  in  the  same 
month,  having  resigned  his  charge,  he  entered  the  service 
of  the  American  Sunday  School  Union,  as  District  Super- 
intendent and  Missionary,  laboring  in  the  same  region ; 
and  in  this  work  he  is  still  engaged. 

Mr.  Wright  married,  January  5th,  1842,  Mary  A.  Bel- 
den,  of  Guilford,  N.  Y.,  and  on  January  7th,  1847,  after 
her  decease,  Ruth  Smith  of  Wolcott.  He  has  had  seven 
children,  but  three  of  whom  are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1833.  Moonlight  Ex.,  1833.  Senior 
Ex.,  1834.     Prest.  Philologian.     Commencement,  1835. 


*  James  Homer  Ellis,  of  New  Salem,  Franklin  County, 
Mass.,  youngest  son  among  the  twelve  children  of  Paul 
and  P.ebeckah  [Homer]  Ellis, — natives  respectively  of  Med- 
way  and  of  Stoneham,  Mass., — was  born  in  New  Salem,  his 
parents'  place  of  residence,  February  nth,  1810. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  New  Salem  Academy, 
entered  Williams,  and  in  1835  was  graduated  there  with 
the  appointment  of  the  Salutatory  Oration,  which,  how- 
ever, he  was  prevented  from  fulfilling  in  person  by  a 
severe  attack  of  typhoid  pneumonia.  This  attack  proved 
fatal  on  the  nth  of  September,  only  twenty-three  days 
after  Commencement,  so  that  the  intended  salutation  be- 
came in  truth  but  a  last  farewell.  Mr.  Ellis  died  in  Wil- 
liamstown,  and  was  buried  there  by  his  classmates,  who 
warmly  esteemed  him,  and,  having  cared  for  him  tenderly 
during  his  illness,  erected  over  his  remains  a  stone  which 
may  still  be  seen  in  the  old  burying-ground,  "  to  testify 
their  respect  for  him  as  a  man,  a  scholar,  and  a  Christian." 

This  much-loved  member  of  our  fraternity  was  a  hard 
worker,  whose  stalwart  frame  was  thought  by  his  friends 
to  indicate  the  largeness  of  his  soul.  While  his  spirit  was 
modest  and  gentle,  it  was  very  noble  and  ever  firm  against 
wrong.  One  of  his  K.  A.  brothers,  who  watched  at  his 
bedside  during  his  peculiarly  sad  and  trying  illness,  says 


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that  those  who  gathered  about  him  there  can  never  forget 
the  sweet  composure  and  submission  with  which  he  antici- 
pated his  approaching  departure.     (1880.) 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1835.    Prest.  Philotechnian.    Salu- 
tatory, Commencement,  1835. 


Lewis  Morris  Rutherfurd,  of  New  York  City,  was 
born  at  Morrisania,  N.  Y.,  November  25th,  18 16.  Was 
graduated  from  Williams  in  1834,  studied  law  for  two 
years  with  Hon.  Wm.  H.  Seward,  at  Auburn,  and  one 
year  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  he  practised  until 
1849,  then  went  abroad  and  remained  absent  until  1852. 
Since  his  return  he  has  given  his  attention  to  scientific  in- 
vestigations, principally  astronomical.  His  studies  in  the 
photography  of  celestial  bodies  and  phenomena  have  been 
very  original  and  successful,  and  of  great  value  to  science. 
These  researches  are  made  in  his  own  observatory  in  the 
city,  which  is  furnished  with  costly  telescope  and  appa- 
ratus and  whatever  appliances  wealth  can  supply,  and  in 
the  management  of  these  the  services  of  competent  assist- 
ants are  employed. 

Mr.  Rutherfurd  has  for  years  been  a  Trustee  of  Colum- 
bia College  and  a  Fellow  of  the  Royal  Society. 

He  married,  in  July,  1841,  Margaret  Stuyvesant  Chand- 
ler, and  has  by  this  marriage  several  children. 

Biographical  Annals,  in  part. 

Commencement,  1834.     Am.  Ast.  Soc. 


*  Rev.  Nathaniel  Herrick  Griffin,  d.d.,  of  Williams- 
town,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Azubah  [Herrick]  Griffin,  was 
born  at  Southampton  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  his  parents*  home, 
December  28th,  18 14.  His  father  was  an  elder  in  the 
church  and  a  leading  man  in  the  town. 

At  the  age  of  twelve  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was 
converted,   and  about  that  time   began  his   preparation 


24  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i8 


for  college  with  Rev.  A.  Francis,  of  Bridgehampton,  L.  I. 
In  1830  he  entered  Williams,  selecting  it  on  account  of 
some  family  connection  with  President  Griffin,  ranked 
high  as  a  scholar  and  a  conscientious  student  throughout 
his  course,  and  was  graduated  in  1834  with  an  oration 
upon  "  The  World  before  the  Flood."  He  then  studied  for 
two  years  in  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  which  he 
left  in  1836  to  become  Tutor  at  Williams.  During  the 
year  1837-38  he  acted  as  stated  supply  at  Westhampton, 
L.  I.,  and  he  afterwards  served  in  the  same  capacity  at 
Franklin,  N.  J.  In  1839  was  ordained  pastor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  at  Delhi,  N.  N.,  where  he  remained 
for  a  year,  when  he  was  compelled  by  failure  of  health  to 
seek  restoration  in  a  visit  to  Florida ;  and  as  he  was  still 
unable  to  resume  pastoral  duties  in  1841,  his  connection 
with  the  church  at  Delhi  was  then  dissolved. 

Upon  his  return  to  the  North  he  supplied  the  place  of 
Professor  Tatlock  in  the  college,  during  the  absence  of  the 
latter  in  Europe,  for  a  year.  In  the  fall  of  1843  opened 
a  private  classical  school  in  Brooklyn,  which  he  continued 
with  success  until  1846,  when  he  received  and  accepted 
the  appointment  of  Lawrence  Professor  of  the  Greek  and 
Latin  Languages  in  his  alma  mater.  In  1853,  upon  the 
division  of  his  department,  was  appointed  Professor  of 
the  Greek  Language  and  Literature,  and  he  so  remained 
until  1857,  when  he  retired  from  connection  with  the 
college  and  opened  a  private  school  in  Williamstown, 
designed  especially  for  the  preparation  of  students  intend- 
ing to  take  the  college  course.  In  1868,  discontinuing  his 
school,  he  accepted  the  position  of  College  Librarian  ;  and 
this  he  retained  until  his  death,  which  occurred  at  Wil- 
liamstown, October  i6th,  1876. 

At  Commencement  in  1864  Dr.  Griffin  delivered  the 
oration  before  the  Alumni,  choosing  for  his  subject  "  The 
Difficulties  attending  the  Progress  of  Science  and  Letters." 
In  1867  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Lafayette 
College.  In  1852  he  was  elected  Secretary  of  the  Society 
of  Alumni,  and  for  twenty-four  years  he  continued  to  dis- 
charge the  duties,  far  from  light,  of  this  office.     He  pub- 


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lished  the  triennial  catalogues  of  the  college  for  a  space  of 
nearly  thirty  years,  and  prepared  the  first  annual  sketches 
of  deceased  alumni.  His  methodical  habits,  patience,  and 
care  in  the  collection  of  details  fitted  him  peculiarly  for 
work  of  this  description,  and  made  it  a  real  pleasure  to 
him.  But  in  all  the  business  of  life  he  was  sedulous  and 
painstaking  to  the  utmost.  It  was  through  his  well- 
judged  efforts  that  the  college  library  became  "  a  model 
working  collection ;"  and  it  is  recorded  of  him,  by  one 
who  had  the  very  best  opportunity  of  knowing,  that  "  as 
a  faithful  laborer  for  the  college  in  all  his  relations  to  it 
he  had  no  superior." 

Professor  Griffin  was  a  man  whose  natural  modesty, 
amounting  sometimes  to  seeming  diffidence,  veiled  in  some 
measure  the  noble  traits  of  his  character.  The  kindness 
of  his  heart,  his  generosity  to  others,  his  solicitude  for 
those  in  need  of  sympathy,  and  the  warmth  and  endur- 
ance of  his  regard  for  his  chosen  friends,  none  could  quite 
know  who  did  not  know  him  intimately ;  and  to  these  the 
memory  of  his  character  and  friendship  is  very  pre- 
cious. 

As  one  of  the  pillars  of  the  Congregational  church  in 
Williamstown,  as  a  promoter  of  the  educational  interests 
of  the  village,  as  a  preacher  of  unusually  fine  pulpit  talent, 
gifted  with  a  vigorous  and  graceful  delivery  and  skilled  in 
the  preparation  of  able  and  attractive  discourses,  he  be 
came  prominent  in  the  community  with  which  he  was 
identified,  and  to  it,  as  to  the  college,  he  gave  his  best  and 
most  conscientious  service. 

It  should  be  added  that  a  large  portion  of  his  life-work 
was  done  under  the  pressure  of  ill  health.  He  rarely 
knew  what  it  was  to  pass  a  day  throughout  which  he  felt 
entirely  well  and  free  from  the  lassitude  induced  by  phy- 
sical ailment.  Yet  this  condition  was  not  permitted  to  in- 
terfere with  his  labor.  He  was  ever  punctual  and  in  his 
place  ;  no  one  could  be  more  safely  depended  upon  than  he. 

Professor  Griffin's  health  became  seriously  and  visibly 
affected  in  the  summer  of  1875,  and  continued  to  decline 
during  the  following  autumn  and  winter.     He  remained 


26  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1833. 

however,  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as  librarian  until 
the  early  part  of  May,  1876,  when  he  had  become  too  fee- 
ble to  leave  the  house.  His  disease  was  an  affection  of  the 
liver,  and  he  was  confined  to  his  bed  by  it  for  about  five 
months,  suffering  much  of  the  time  great  pain,  yet  remain- 
ing constantly  cheerful.  And  thus,  on  the  i6th  of  October 
following,  he  passed  away.  "  His  perfect  trust  in  the  Sav- 
iour was  the  marked  feature  in  his  last  sickness.  The  Fa- 
ther gently  drew  the  heart  of  his  trusting  child  heaven- 
ward by  prophetic  longings  months  before  his  departure. 
For  more  than  a  year  previous  to  his  death  his  growth  in 
spiritual  things  was  so  marked  that  none  who  were  near 
him  could  fail  to  see  it.  During  the  whole  of  the  preced- 
ing winter  the  life  and  character  of  Christ  were  his  con- 
stant study.  He  wished  the  Gospel  read  to  him,  together 
with  the  Psalms  and  a  selection  of  hymns  which  he  made 
for  this  purpose  in  the  early  part  of  his  sickness.  Feeding 
on  this  growing  knowledge  of  Christ,  his  faith  grew  like- 
wise, so  that  he  could  say,  *  I  know  Him  whom  I  trust.' " 
It  was  with  characteristic  modesty  that,  in  making  his 
last  bequests,  he  said  to  President  Chadbourne,  in  refer- 
ence to  the  conduct  of  his  approaching  funeral  exercises : 
*'  If  you  can  speak  a  word  that  shall  profit  the  living,  I 
shall  be  glad  ;  but  say  as  little  as  possible  of  me."  In 
compliance  with  his  wish,  the  President  conducted  the 
services,  which  were  at  the  house,  and  ex-President  Hop- 
kins also  spoke.  The  remarks  of  the  former  have  been  in- 
cluded in  a  pamphlet  entitled  "  The  Hope  of  the  Right- 
eous," which  also  contains  memorials  of  Professor  Albert 
Hopkins  and  the  Rev.  Dr.  Gale,  one  of  the  Trustees  of  the 
college.  In  this  tribute  to  his  memory.  President  Chad- 
bourne  has  recorded  that  in  the  case  of  Professor  Griffin, 
by  whose  dying  bed  alone  of  the  three  he  was  permitted 
to  sit,  "  it  was  indeed  a  privilege  to  see  how  a  good  man 
can  die ;  with  what  courage  one  who  has  shrunk  from 
conflict  all  his  days  can,  when  the  time  comes,  meet  every 
requirement  of  God's  providence,  even  death  itself."  He 
adds:  "  Dr.  Griffin  was  a  most  judicious  counsellor.  If  he 
ever  erred,  it  was  on  the  side  of  caution.    But  with  all  his 


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natural  caution,  he  never  hesitated  to  recommend  prompt 
action,  nor  to  assume  responsibility  when  principle  was 
involved.  In  all  questions  relating  to  theology  and  phi- 
losophy Dr.  Griffin's  learning  and  judgment  were  equalled 
by  very  few.  As  a  critic  in  all  the  higher  realm  of  learn- 
ing and  thought,  his  aid  was  eagerly  sought  by  those  who 
were  laboring  in  the  same  fields."  "  The  power  and  beauty 
of  a  Christian  life  were  manifest  in  all  he  did.  For  thirty 
years  he  lived  among  this  people,  faithful  to  the  college 
and  to  the  church,  faithful  in  all  the  relations  of  life.  His 
precepts  and  example  agreed.  His  trust  in  the  Bible  and 
the  God  of  the  Bible  was  complete.  If  any  among  us  was 
worthy  of  the  name  of  theologian,  Dr.  Griffin  was  the 
man.  But  in  the  simplicity  and  fulness  of  his  faith  and 
trust  he  was  a  Christian.  And  the  strength  and  beauty 
of  his  Christian  character  were  clearly  revealed  as  he 
came  near  the  end.  When  the  outward  man  began  to 
weaken,  the  inward  man,  renewed  day  by  day,  put  on  that 
strength  which  is  the  promise  of  immortality." 

The  Kappa  Alpha  Society  in  Williams  College  is  in- 
debted to  Professor  Griffin  for  the  unwavering  attachment 
of  one  who,  having  aided  in  founding  it  and  in  impressing 
its  original  character  upon  it,  and  having  thoroughly  en- 
joyed his  own  connection  with  it,  doubtless  felt  that  he 
owed  it  whatever  of  faithful  interest,  judicious  counsel, 
and  timely  advice  he  could  appropriately  give  it  ever  af- 
terward. He  wished  it  to  be  always  up  to  the  standard  of 
its  early  days ;  and  his  occasional  quiet  words  of  guidance 
were  very  helpful  to  his  younger  and  less  experienced 
brethren.  He  gave  to  it  all  his  sons,  to  whom  other  near 
relatives  were  added  in  the  same  connection ;  and  those 
who  have  been  engaged  in  the  collection  of  these  annals 
of  its  membership  regret  nothing  in  regard  to  their  work 
so  much  as  that  it  was  not  begun  before  the  stores  of  in- 
formation upon  the  subject  which  he  possessed  were  lost 
to  them  forever. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  married,  August  26th,  1839, 
Hannah  E.,  daughter  of  Solomon  Bulkley,  Esq.,  of  Wil- 
liamstown,  and  by  this  marriage  he  had  three  sons  and  a 


28  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i^SS- 

daughter.     Of  the  former,  the  oldest  now  fills  the  profes- 
sorship of  Latin  in  the  college.    (Dec,  1880.) 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1833.     Prest.  Philologian.     Com- 
mencement, 1834.    A.M.  in  course.     D.D.,  Lafayette,  1867. 


Rev.  Lucius  Ouintus  Curtis,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  son 
of  Elizur  and  Amanda  [Steele]  Curtis, — the  latter  of  New- 
Hartford,  Conn.,  before  marriage, — was  born  at  Torring- 
ford,  in  the  same  State,  his  father's  home,  November  6th, 
1812. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  partly  in  his  native  place  and 
partly  in  the  academy  at  Williamstown,  under  Messrs. 
Mack  and  Darby  ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1831, 
and  was  graduated  in  1835.  He  then  taught  school  awhile 
in  Farmington,  Conn.,  and  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  in 
1842  entered  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  whence  he 
was  graduated  in  1845,  having  taken  the  second  year  of 
his  course  at  New  Haven.  Was  ordained  July  6th,  1846,  in 
South  Woodbury,  Conn.,  where  he  remained,  as  pastor  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church,  for  eight  years.  In 
April,  1846,  was  installed  over  the  First  Church  of  the 
same  denomination  at  Colchester,  Conn.,  in  which  he  la- 
bored for  twelve  years,  when  failure  of  health  led  to  his 
resignation. 

After  a  short  trip  to  Europe,  Mr.  Curtis  spent  nearly 
two  years  with  the  College  Church  at  Ripon,  Wis.,  and, 
succeeding  these,  somewhat  over  four  years  with  the  Con- 
gregational church  at  Lyons,  la.  Since  June,  1876,  he 
has  resided  most  of  the  time  in  Hartford,  engaged  princi- 
pally in  literary  pursuits  as  a  contributor  of  essays  upon 
the  leading  philosophical  and  theological  questions  of  the 
day  to  the  New  Englander  and  other  reviews.  He  has  not, 
however,  wholly  retired  from  the  pulpit.  A  number  of  his 
sermons  are  in  print. 

In  1858  Mr.  Curtis  delivered  the  address  at  the  Quarta- 
centennial  Celebration  of  the  founding  of  our  Society  in 
WiUiams  College. 


1 833-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  29 

On  the  28th  of  June,  1848,  he  married  Emily  C,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Samuel  Whittelsey,  of  New  York  City.  Mrs. 
Curtis's  mother  conducted  the  Mothers  Magazine  for  many 
years.     (1880.) 

Address,  No,  80  Church  Street. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1832.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1833. 
Junior  Ex.,  1834.    Commencement,  1835.    A.M.  in  course. 


*Hon.  Jesse  Olds  Norton,  of  Chicago,  111,  son  of 
Col.  Martin  and  Betsey  [Story]  Norton,  was  born  at  Ben- 
nington, Vt,  his  parents'  home,  December  12th,  18 12.  His 
father,  a  patriot  soldier  of  the  war  with  Great  Britain,  then 
just  begun,  sent  this  the  youngest  of  his  eleven  children 
to  the  town  academy  to  prepare  for  Williams  College, 
which  he  entered  in  1831.  Having  graduated  honorably 
in  1835,  without  fortune  and  relying  on  himself,  he  found 
his  way  to  Wheeling,  Va.,  where  for  a  short  time  he 
taught  a  classical  school.  He  then  took  charge  of  the 
High  School  in  Potosi,  Mo.,  beginning  the  study  of  law  at 
the  same  time.  While  thus  occupied  he  married,  on  the 
25th  of  December,  1837,  Phebe  A.  Sheldon,  also  a  teacher 
in  that  place.  In  1839  they  removed  to  Joliet,  111.,  where 
Mr.  Norton  entered  upon  legal  practice.  He  rose  rapidly. 
His  genial  manner  made  him  popular,  and  he  was  elected 
successively  City  Attorney,  Probate  Judge  (for  two  terms), 
member  of  the  State  Constitutional  Convention  of  1848, 
and,  in  1850,  member  of  the  legislature.  In  1852  he  was 
sent  by  the  old  Whig  party,  in  its  last  campaign,  to  Con- 
gress, where,  during  the  second  session  of  his  term,  he  re- 
sisted the  repeal  of  the  Missouri  Compromise  with  all  his 
eloquence  and  power.  His  course  being  approved  by  his 
constituents,  he  was  re-elected  in  1854  as  a  RepubHcan, 
and  served  with  ability  until  1857,  when  he  was  elected  to 
the  Circuit  judgeship  of  Cook  County,  an  office  which  he 
filled  with  great  acceptance.  In  1862  he  was  again  elected 
to  Congress,  and  he  fulfilled  his  term  of  two  years  from 


30  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i^33- 

March,  1863,  during  a  most  trying  period  of  the  country's 
history. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association  called  to 
take  action  upon  Judge  Norton's  decease,  his  former  part- 
ner, Hon.  J.  R.  Doolittle,  said :  *'  Alter  the  surrender  of 
the  South  he  steadily  maintained  that  the  union  of  the 
States  was  not  broken  by  rebellion  ;  that  the  Constitution 
was  still  the  supreme  law,  .  .  .  and  that,  therefore,  Con- 
gress had  no  more  power  to  expel  States  from  the  Union 
than  the  States  had  power  to  withdraw."  This  view  of 
the  subject  led  to  a  separation  between  Judge  Norton  and 
his  party,  but  he  was  not  permitted  to  retire  from  public 
life,  being  appointed  in  1866,  by  President  Johnson,  U.  S. 
District-Attorney  for  the  Northern  District  of  Illinois,  a 
position  which  he  filled  *'  with  singular  ability "  until 
April,  1869. 

Upon  his  retirement,  he  resumed  professional  practice, 
forming  a  partnership  with  Judge  Doolittle,  previously 
U.  S.  Senator  from  Wisconsin,  which  continued  until  the 
destruction,  by  the  great  fire  of  1 871,  of  the  firm's  office 
and  library.  After  this  disaster  he  practised  alone,  part 
of  the  time  as  City  Counsel,  until  overtaken  by  the  sick- 
ness which  terminated  in  his  death  on  the  3d  of  August, 

1875. 

In  closing  the  eulogium  already  quoted  from,  his  part- 
ner said :  "  There  was  in  him  a  genial,  affectionate,  and 
loving  nature,  refined  and  exalted  by  a  true  Christian  life, 
which  only  those  who  knew  him  and  his  family  in  intimate 
friendly  intercourse  could  fully  appreciate.  It  was  in  his 
hospitable  home,  where  he  was  so  sincerely  loved  and 
almost  idolized  as  husband,  father,  and  friend,  that  these 
virtues  of  the  soul  shone  forth  and  made  a  beauty  of  char- 
acter which  no  wealth  can  purchase  and  no  intellectual 
greatness  can  supply." 

Resolutions  in  honor  of  the  deceased  were  passed  at 
the  meeting  referred  to,  and  ordered  by  the  court  in 
whose  presence  it  was  held,  to  be  placed  upon  its  records. 
A  delegation  was  appointed  to  represent  the  bar  at  the 
funeral  ceremony,  which  was  held  in  the  Central  Presby- 


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terian  Church  and  attended  by  a  large  assembly  of  friends 
and  fellow-citizens.  In  this  church  the  deceased  had  filled 
the  office  of  elder,  although  with  modesty  and  diffidence, 
and  his  pastor  bore  ample  testimony  to  his  Christian  char- 
acter, adding  that  "  his  heart  was  thrown  open,  perhaps 
too  widely,  to  the  claims  of  the  destitute ;  and  his  charity 
reached  to  the  ends  of  the  earth."  Distinguished  friends 
acted  as  his  pall-bearers,  and  a  long  train  of  those  who 
respected  and  loved  him  followed  his  remains  to  their 
resting-place  in  Oakwood  Cemetery. 

The  wife  of  Judge  Norton,  a  son,  and  three  daughters 
survive  him.     (1876.) 

Prest.  Philotechnian.     Senior  Ex.,  1834.     Commence- 
ment, 1835.     A.M.  in  course. 


Rev.  David  Jewett  Waller,  of  Bloomsburg,  Pa.,  son 
of  Phineas  and  Elizabeth  [Jewett]  Waller,  was  born  at 
Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  January  i6th,  181 5.  His  father  was 
one  of  the  first  children  born  in  the  Wyoming  colony 
(January,  1774),  and  his  mother  the  daughter  of  Dr. 
David  H.  Jewett,  of  New  London,  Conn. 

Named  after  his  grandfather,  a  clerical  graduate  of 
Harvard,  and  his  uncle,  a  Commodore  in  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
he  was  naturally  destined  to  a  classical  education  ;  and, 
having  been  fitted  for  college  at  Wilkesbarre,  in  1830 
entered  Williams,  whence  he  was  graduated  in  1834. 
Among  the  first  initiated  members  of  our  Society  here,  he 
was  one  of  its  most  enthusiastic  promoters,  and  has  had 
the  pleasure  of  seeing  two  brothers  and  three  cousins 
follow  him  in  the  same  connection. 

After  graduation,  Mr.  Waller  took  the  full  theological 
course  at  Princeton  Seminary,  was  licensed  in  1837,  and 
ordained  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Blooms- 
burg May  I  St,  1838.  In  this  charge  he  continued  for 
thirty-three  years,  giving  to  it  his  whole  pastoral  life. 
The  district  which  it  covered  originally  included  four 
churches,  and  embraced  a  tract  nearly  forty  miles  square, 


32  Biographical  Record  of  the  Sj-^ZZ^ 

lying  along  the  Susquehanna.  It  now  requires  the  labors 
of  six  pastors. 

Immediately  after  settlement,  Mr.  Waller  married 
Julia,  youngest  daughter  of  Levi  EUmaker,  Esq.,  of  Phila- 
delphia. 

His  extensive  charge  furnished  the  young  pastor  with 
abundant  and  laborious  employment.  Constant  travel 
became  necessary.  One  sermon  a  fortnight  was  all  that 
could  be  allotted  to  Bloomsburg,  while  other  points  were 
even  less  favored.  Forty  miles  of  horseback  travel  in  a 
day,  to  solemnize  marriages,  attend  funerals,  or  for  other 
pastoral  work,  were  deemed,  a  scarcely  noteworthy  per- 
formance, although  much  of  this  journeying  was  accom- 
plished after  dark.  "  Late  hours  in  the  morning  and  a  repu- 
tation for  night-prowling  were  the  not  unnatural  results." 
Nor  was  the  pastor  the  only  itinerant  in  the  field.  The 
entertainment  of  ministerial  guests,  his  brethren  of  the 
Presbyterian  body,  agents  of  benevolent  societies,  and 
others  less  entitled  to  his  hospitality,  most  of  them  passing 
over  the  fifty  miles  between  Danville  and  Wilkesbarre, 
soon  became  so  much  a  feature  of  his  labor  that  he  some- 
times started  more  travellers  and  conveyances  from  his 
house,  on  a  morning,  than  did  the  proprietor  of  the  neigh- 
boring hotel ;  so  that,  on  the  erection  by  the  latter  of  a 
new  sign-board,  some  wags  set  up  the  old  one  before  the 
pastoral  dwelling,  where  it  seemed  not  altogether  out  of 
place,  except  for  the  temperance  character  of  the  house. 

The  years  passed  in  extended  and  diversified  ministe- 
rial work,  prayer-meetings  and  Bible-classes,  revivals, 
public  theological  discussions,  and  care  for' the  town's 
educational  interests.  The  standard  of  the  latter  had  not 
been  remarkably  high.  One  of  the  teachers  employed, 
who  had  volunteered  instruction  in  Hebrew,  on  perusing 
a  copy  of  Shakespeare,  inquired  whether  this  was  the  cele- 
brated author  of  that  name,  and  what  were  his  principal 
works ;  and  upon  being  informed,  could  only  exclaim  with 
astonishment,  "What!  these  dialogues?" 

An  important  and  heavy  undertaking  was  the  erection 
of  a  new  church  building,  which  for  some  time  largely 


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engaged  the  pastor's  efforts,  and  resulted  in  the  dedi- 
cation of  a  commodious  and  much-needed  edifice  in 
1848. 

To  these  occupations  were  added  the  pleasant  duties 
of  a  Trustee  of  Lafayette  College,  discharged  with  interest 
and  efficiency  for  over  twenty-five  years. 

In  1 87 1,  his  church  having  been  brought  up  to  the 
point  of  self-sustentation,  Mr.  Waller  felt  constrained,  by 
various  pressing  considerations,  to  resign  his  charge, 
though  continuing  his  residence  in  Bloomsburg  as 
''preacher  at  large;"  and  this  notwithstanding  a  severe 
injury  to  his  left  hip,  received  in  1875,  which  has  since 
kept  him  on  crutches.  In  the  year  of  the  National  Cen- 
tennial, at  the  request  of  his  successor,  he  delivered  in  his 
old  church  a  historical  discourse,  which  was  published  by 
desire  of  the  Trustees  and  Session,  and  has  furnished  much 
of  the  material  for  the  present  sketch. 

Mr.  Waller  is  also  engaged  in  serving  as  President  of 
the  North  and  West  Branch  Railroad. 

From  a  family  of  ten  children  he  has  three  sons  and 
two  daughters  living.  His  oldest  son,  David  J.,  Jr.,  a 
minister,  is  Principal  of  the  State  Normal  School  at 
Bloomsburg.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1834.     A.M.  in  course. 


Thompson  Kidder,  of  Medford,  Mass.,  son  of  Thomp- 
son and  Mary  A.  [Cannell]  Kidder, — the  latter  a  native  of 
Dunkirk,  France, — was  born  at  Boston,  his  father's  place 
of  residence,  September  12th,  1812.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  in  the  Boston  Latin  School  and  in  private  schools 
in  Medford  and  Lynn,  Mass.,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  1832,  and  graduated  in  1836.  After  graduation  he 
was  engaged  for  about  twenty-five  years  in  conducting  his 
own  private  school  in  Boston,  retiring  in  1871  and  remov- 
ing to  his  present  place  of  residence. 

In  1844  he  married  Sarah  Kidder,  of  Medford,  and 
3 


34  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1833. 

he  has  had  by  this  marriage  three  sons,  two  of  whom 
survive.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1834. 


*  Samuel  Darrow,  of  Hebron,  Washington  County, 
N.  Y.,  son  of  Dennison  and  Martha  [McCleary]  Darrow, 
of  Norwich,  Conn.,  was  born  at  the  latter  place  in  18 12. 
Six  years  later  his  father  removed  with  his  family  to  Heb- 
ron, and  settled  upon  a  farm  on  which  one  of  his  sons  now 
lives.  From  this  retired  home  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
came,  says  a  classmate,  ''  when  full  grown  and  of  manly 
stature,"  to  the  academy  at  Salem,  in  the  same  county,  to 
prepare  for  college.  "  While  there  he  was  an  earnest 
student  of  the  languages,  and  read  either  Johnson's  or 
Walker's  dictionary  through  for  the  purpose  of  extending 
his  knowledge  of  his  own  tongue."  In  1831  he  entered 
Union  College ;  but  after  remaining  a  single  term,  left  it 
for  Williams,  which  he  entered  in  1832,  joining  the  class 

of  'SS- 

**  He  was  a  man  of  mature  mind,  fond  of  metaphysical 
studies  and  of  poetry,"  and  while  in  college  composed 
some  pieces  in  verse  which  were  printed.  But  in  1833  he 
was  compelled  by  failing  health  to  return  home,  where, 
after  an  illness  of  a  few  months,  on  the  19th  of  January, 
1834,  he  died  of  consumption.  Before  his  death  he  had 
his  literary  compositions  destroyed,  "  not  having  attained 
his  ideal  in  any  of  them." 

A  service  in  memorial  of  the  deceased  was  held  in  the 
college  chapel,  at  which  a  eulogy  upon  him  was  pro- 
nounced by  his  classmate  and  brother  in  K.  A.,  Thomas 
Wright,  after  which  those  who  were  present  united  in 
singing  an  elegy  composed  for  the  occasion  by  James 
Dixon,  another  classmate  and  Society  brother,  in  token  of 
the  general  respect  and  affection  felt  for  one  who  had 
thoroughly  deserved  both. 

He  is  buried  in  Hebron,  upon  the  old  farm,  on  which 
his  brother  still  resides.    (1880.) 


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1834. 

Rev.  Charles  Ashley  Williams,  of  Geneva,  Wis., 
son  of  William  and  Lucy  [Fitch]  Williams,  was  born  at 
Salem,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  September  20th,  18 14. 
His  father,  a  Williams  graduate  of  the  class  of  1798,  was 
nearly  related  to  Colonel  Ephraim  Williams,  the  founder 
of  the  college,  and  his  mother  was  sister  of  Rev.  Dr.  Fitch, 
its  first  president. 

After  preparation  at  Salem  Academy,  of  which  his 
father  was  principal,  and  at  Greenwich  in  the  same  county, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  Williams  in  1832,  and  in 
1835  graduated  with  the  Valedictory  Oration.  This  he 
was  unable  to  dehver  in  person  by  reason  of  a  severe  and 
unfortunate  illness,  contracted  while  caring  for  his  class- 
mate and  K.  A.  brother,  James  H.  Ellis,  whose  decease 
occurred  soon  after.  The  oration  which  Mr.  Williams 
had  prepared  for  the  Commencement  occasion,  on  the  "  In- 
fluence of  Moral  upon  Intellectual  Character,"  was  read 
for  him  by  a  classmate  in  its  appropriate  place. 

The  effects  of  this  illness  have  been  so  lasting  as  per- 
manently to  impair  the  health  of  its  subject  and  to  inter- 
fere repeatedly  with  the  work  of  his  life.  Entering 
Andover  Seminary  in  the  fall  of  1835,  he  took  the  first 
year  of  his  theological  course  there,  and  at  its  close,  in 
May,  1836,  emigrated  with  his  father's  family  to  Illinois. 
In  the  autumn  of  1837  he  went  to  Alabama  in  pursuit  of 
health,  and  while  there  taught  in  Tuscaloosa  and  in  Marion 
College,  Perry  County.  In  1843  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Ottawa,  111. ;  and  in  1845,  after  a 
sea-voyage  for  the  sake  of  health,  was  settled  at  West 
Gloucester,  Mass.  In  1848  he  returned  to  Illinois  and  or- 
ganized a  home-missionary  church  in  South  Ottawa,  with 
which  he  labored  for  three  years,  when  he  was  compelled 
to  abandon  it  by  renewed  illness.  He  subsequently  took 
charge  of  the  Classical  Institute  at  Galena,  111.,  under  the 
care  of  the  Trustees  of  the  North-west  Theological  Sem- 
inary, but  on  the  removal  of  the  institution  to  Carlinville, 


36  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

thought  best,  for  sanitary  reasons,  to  dissolve  his  connec- 
tion with  it,  preferring  an  engagement  in  the  same  work 
at  St.  Paul,  Minn.  In  1858,  a  change  for  the  sake  of  health 
having  again  become  necessary,  he  established  the  Keokuk 
Female  Seminary,  with  which  he  was  connected  for  about 
seven  years,  filling  also,  from  1 862  to  the  close  of  the  war, 
the  post  of  Chaplain  to  the  U.  S.  Hospital  in  the 
same  place,  under  an  appointment  by  President  Lincoln. 
In  1865  he  became  pastor  of  Westminster  Church,  Rock- 
ford,  111.,  in  which  he  remained  three  and  a  half  years, 
when  he  was  again  compelled  by  physical  disability  to 
retire  from  pulpit-work,  and  opened  at  his  present  resi- 
dence a  home-school  for  boys  which  he  continued  to  con- 
duct for  five  years.  It  then  became  necessary  for  him 
finally  to  desist  from  too  exacting  labor,  and  since  1875  he 
has  been  engaged  principally  in  literary  pursuits.  A 
volume  recently  published  in  New  York,  entitled  *'  The 
Age — Temptations  of  American  Christians,"  has  been 
attributed  to  his  pen. 

In  1855  Mr.  Williams  married  Susan  F.,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Roswell  Hawkes,  of  South  Hadley,  Mass.    (1880.) 

Latin  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1834.  Valedictory,  Com- 
mencement, 1835.  A.M.  in  course.  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
1864. 


John  Tatlock,  ll.d.,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
William  and  Mary  [Lloyd]  Tatlock,  of  Liverpool,  Eng- 
land, was  born  in  the  island  of  Anglesea,  North  Wales, 
December  4th,  1808. 

After  an  apprenticeship  of  some  years  in  a  commercial 
house  in  Liverpool,  upon  attaining  his  majority  he  sailed 
for  the  United  States,  which  he  reached  in  1830,  landing 
at  Philadelphia.  He  soon  after  found  his  way  to  New 
York,  and  thence  to  Hunter,  Greene  County,  in  the  same 
State,  where  he  studied  for  college  while  employed  in  a 
mercantile  establishment.  Entering  Williams  in  1832  as 
Freshman,  he   graduated  in    1836  with  the  Valedictory 


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Oration  upon  the  subject  of  "  Metaphysics,"  and  was  imme- 
diately after  appointed  to  the  position  of  Tutor  in  the 
college,  which  he  filled  for  two  years.  In  1838  he  was 
made  Professor  of  Mathematics,  and  in  this  position  he 
continued  until  1867,  except  during  the  year  1845-46,  in 
which  he  held  the  Professorship  of  Ancient  Languages. 

On  the  i6th  of  August,  1838,  he  married  Lucy  B.,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Alfred  Perry,  of  Stockbridge,  and  by  this  mar- 
riage he  had  a  son,  John,  born  December  4th,  1841 ;  but 
both  wife  and  son  deceased  within  the  space  of  a  single 
month  during  the  following  year.  On  the  i8th  of  July, 
1843,  Professor  Tatlock  married  Sarah  M.  Benjamin,  of 
WiUiamstown,  whose  ever  kindly  interest  in  our  Society 
should  be  acknowledged  here.  They  occupied  for  some 
years  a  house  pleasantly  situated  near  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent college  chapel,  but  removed  subsequently  to  the  still 
more  attractive  residence  made  vacant  by  the  death  of 
Professor  Kellogg  ;  and  upon  the  acquisition  of  this  prop- 
erty Professor  Tatlock  became  a  naturalized  citizen  of  the 
United  States. 

Many  will  ever  remember  with  grateful  pleasure  the 
hospitality  dispensed  in  both  these  pleasant  homes.  Into 
the  second  of  them  Professor  Tatlock  received  the  orphan 
children  of  a  deceased  brother,  and  they  remained  with 
him  throughout  the  academic  course,  or  until  able  to 
care  for  themselves.  Two  of  these  followed  their  uncle 
in  his  Society  connection,  the  younger  bearing  the  same 
honored  name,  and  transmitting  it  in  turn  to  his  own 
eldest  son,  to  be  placed  again  and  for  the  third  time  upon 
our  record  of  membership.  May  this  succession  never  be 
suspended  long ! 

In  1845  Professor  Tatlock  was  appointed  College  Libra- 
rian, and  he  continued  to  discharge  his  duties  as  such 
until  1856.  At  Commencement  in  1848  he  delivered  the 
oration  before  the  Alumni,  which  had  for  some  time  been 
discontinued,  taking  for  his  subject  "  Esthetic  Culture." 
On  the  14th  of  October,  1852,  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
by  the  Congregational  Association  of  Berkshire,  and  his 
pulpit  work  was  almost  continuous  throughout  his  pro- 


38  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

fessorship.  In  1857  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from 
Western  Reserve  College,  and  in  1865  and  1866  was  Vice- 
President  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  Society  here.  Finally, 
in  1867,  after  twenty-nine  years  of  service  in  the  college, 
he  resigned  his  chair  and  became  Professor  Emeritus  of 
Mathematics. 

In  June,  1868,  Dr.  Tatlock  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Massachusetts,  and  began  legal  practice,  removing  to 
Pittsfield  early  in  1869.  He  was  soon  after  appointed 
Special  Justice  of  the  District  Court  of  Central  Berk- 
shire, which  office  he  resigned  after  some  time,  continu- 
ing to  reside  in  Pittsfield,  but  withdrawing  from  active 
life,  in  which  he  has  assuredly  played  no  sluggard's 
part.    (Dec,  1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1835.  Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1834  and  1836. 
Prest.  Philotechnian.  Valedictory,  Commencement,  1836. 
A.M.  in  course.  LL.D.,  West.  Res.,  1857.  ^.P.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa. 


Hon.  and  Rev.  Robert  Crawford,  d.d.,  of  Deerfield, 
Mass.,  son  of  James  and  Jane  [Kennedy]  Crawford,  was 
born  at  Paisley,  Scotland,  then  his  parents'  home,  Novem- 
ber 24th,  1804.  In  1 82 1  his  father  emigrated  with  his 
family  to  America,  settling  on  new  wild  land  in  the  town- 
ship of  Lanark,  Canada  West.  In  1826  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  being  twenty-one  years  of  age,  left  home  and  came 
to  Hoosac  Falls  in  the  State  of  New  York,  to  engage  in 
cotton  manufacturing ;  and  three  years  later  removed  to 
Bennington,  Vt.,  for  the  same  purpose. 

In  1832,  being  in  his  twent3^-eighth  year,  he  began  pre- 
paration for  college, — if  a  little  study  of  Latin  in  Scotland, 
while  a  boy,  be  excepted, — and  six  months  later,  in  Sep- 
tember of  the  same  year,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman. 
One  of  the  principal  events  of  his  course  was  his  accom- 
panying, in  the  summer  of  1835,  an  expedition  composed  of 
about  twenty  members  of  the  college,  under  the  leader- 
ship of  Professors  Emmons  and  Albert  Hopkins  and  Tutor 


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Calhoun,  which  sailed  from  Boston  along  our  eastern  coast 
and  up  the  Bay  of  Fundy,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the  first 
of  its  kind  fitted  out  from  an  American  college.  In  1836  he 
was  graduated,  and  soon  after  entered  Princeton  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  which  he  left  at  the  close  of  his  first  year,  to 
become  Tutor  at  Williams.  In  this  capacity  he  remained 
until  the  end  of  fall  term,  1838,  when  he  entered  the 
Middle  class  in  Union  Seminary,  from  which,  after  licen- 
sure in  May,  1839,  he  was  graduated  in  the  spring  of  1840. 
Having  accepted  a  call,  not  long  after,  to  the  Congrega- 
tional church  of  North  Adams,  Mass.,  he  was  ordained  its 
pastor  August  20th,  1840,  President  Hopkins  preaching 
the  usual  sermon. 

On  the  30th  of  the  following  month  Mr.  Crawford 
married  Ellen  M.,  daughter  of  ex-President  Griffin,  of  the 
college,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  had  seven  children. 

In  1855,  after  a  pastorate  of  fifteen  years,  he  resigned 
his  charge  at  North  Adams,  and  shortly  after  was  settled 
over  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Crookville,  Pa.,  fifteen 
miles  south  of  Philadelphia ;  but  in  a  little  more  than  a 
year  this  enterprise,  which  had  been  a  promising  one,  was 
broken  up  by  the  failure  of  a  large  manufacturing  estab- 
lishment upon  which  it  depended  for  support  and  a  con- 
gregation. In  1857  Mr.  Crawford  returned  to  Massa- 
chusetts, and  settled  in  the  fine  and  historic  town  of  Old 
Deerfield,  which  is  still  his  home.  He  was,  early  in  his 
settlement,  elected  a  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  of 
the  well-known  academy  in  the  town,  and  in  1863  became 
president  of  'the  board,  a  position  to  which  he  has  been 
annually  re-elected  ever  since. 

In  1858  he  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Jefferson 
College,  Pa.  In  the  fall  of  1862  was  elected  to  the  Senate 
of  Massachusetts,  where  he  served  until  1864,  attending, 
in  addition  to  regular  sessions,  an  extra  sitting  of  some 
length,  called  to  consider  war  matters.  In  1852  and  again 
in  1872  he  visited  Scotland  and  England  for  health  and  re- 
creation, much  to  his  enjoyment.  From  time  to  time  dur- 
ing his  ministry  he  has  printed,  by  request,  occasional 
discourses.     And  having  recently  proposed  to  resign  his 


40  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

charge,  he  was  persuaded  by  his  people  to  withdraw  from 
his  purpose.  Thus,  although  he  began  his  professional 
life  at  some  disadvantage,  through  delay,  he  has  been 
enabled  to  do  a  long  and  active  work,  in  which  he  is  still 
permitted,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six,  to  continue.     (1880.) 

Dr.  Crawford  has  two  sons  and  two  daughters  living. 
Of  the  former,  both  graduates  of  Williams,  the  older  is 
Professor  of  Ancient  Languages  in  the  University  of 
Illinois,  and  the  younger  a  missionary  in  western  Turkey. 

Junior  Ex.,  1835.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1836.  Com- 
mencement, 1836.  A.  M.  in  course.  D.D.,  Jefferson,  1858. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Hon.  Joseph  White,  ll.d.,  of  Williamstown,  son  of 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  [Rice]  White,  was  born  at  Charle- 
mont,  FrankHn  County,  Mass.,  November  i8th,  181 1.  He 
is  a  descendant  of  John  White  and,  on  the  maternal  side, 
of  Edmond  Rice,  settlers,  from  England,  of  the  towns  of 
Lancaster  (1650)  and  Sudbury  (1639)  respectively. 

Having  reached  the  beginning  of  his  eighteenth  year, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  taught  school  for  some  months 
in  his  native  town,  and  then  entered  upon  his  preparation 
for  college  in  Bennington  Seminary,  supporting  himself 
at  the  same  time  by  teaching,  in  his  own  turn,  in  the  same 
institution  as  well  as  in  the  town.  His  preliminary  course 
was  brief.  He  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the 
autumn  of  1832,  and  was  graduated  in  1836  with  the  First 
English  Oration.  While  in  college  he  supported  himself 
entirely  by  teaching,  annually  spending  in  this  occupation 
a  period  of  twenty  weeks,  taken  in  part  from  term-time, 
as  was  then  permitted  in  such  cases.  And  after  gradua- 
tion he  passed  several  months  as  instructor  in  the  semi- 
nary at  Bennington. 

'  In  March,  1837,  Mr.  White  entered  the  office  of  Judge 
J.  D.  Willard,  of  Troy,  as  student  at  law,  going  thence,  in 
October  following,  to  that  of  Hon.  Martin  I.  Townsend 
and  Brother,  where  he  remained  until  January,  1839,  ^"^^ 


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then  returned  as  Tutor  to  the  college,  serving  as  such 
with  acceptance  until  Commencement,  1840.  In  1841  Mr. 
White  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Keyes  Danforth,  Sr., 
of  Williamstown,  and  soon  after  formed  a  copartnership 
in  Troy  with  his  brother-in-law,  the  late  Hon.  A.  B.  Olin, 
which  continued  for  some  years. 

In  December,  1848,  he  removed  to  Lowell  and  took 
charge  of  the  Massachusetts  Cotton  Mills,  then  one  of  the 
largest  manufacturing  corporations  in  New  England. 
Meantime  he  represented  Middlesex,  as  Senator,  in  the 
legislative  session  of  1857,  serving  as  Chairman  of  the 
Joint  Standing  Committee  on  Education.  He  was  also 
Chairman  of  a  large  special  Committee  on  Retrenchment 
and  Reform,  and  thus  secured  the  adoption  of  important 
measures  relating  to  the  objects  and  modes  of  legislation. 
In  April,  1858,  was  appointed  a  Bank  Commissioner,  and 
served  as  such  until  resignation  in  i860. 

In  1848  Mr.  White  was  elected  Trustee  of  the  college 
in  place  of  Hon.  David  Buel.  At  Commencement,  1855, 
delivered  an  oration  before  the  Society  of  Alumni  in 
memorial  of  the  founder.  Col.  Ephraim  Williams,  which 
was  printed  at  the  Society's  request.  In  March,  1859,  was 
chosen  College  Treasurer  to  succeed  Hon.  Daniel  Dewey, 
deceased;  accepted  the  appointment,  and,  on  the  ist  of 
January  following,  removed  to  Williamstown,  his  home 
since  that  time. 

In  July,  i860,  the  appointment  of  Secretary  to  the 
State  Board  of  Education,  in  place  of  Gov.  Bullock,  was 
added  to  the  above,  and  to  it  annual  re-election  was  made 
until  May,  1876.  Its  duties  were  exacting,  and  included 
oversight  of  the  six  Normal  Schools  of  the  State,  the 
conduct  of  numerous  Teachers'  Institutes,  delivery  of  lec- 
tures and  addresses,  voluminous  correspondence,  mostly 
legal,  and  the  preparation  of  a  series  of  annual  reports, 
extending  to  sixteen  volumes,  to  which  was  added  a  com- 
pilation of  the  State  laws  respecting  public  schools,  with 
original  notes.  For  his  discharge  of  these  duties  he  re- 
ceived the  hearty  approval  of  the  Board  and  the  people 
of  the  State. 


42  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

In  1868  the  degree  of  LL.D.  was  conferred  upon  him 
by  Yale  College. 

Mr.  White  served  as  a  member  of  the  legislature  a 
second  time  in  the  session  of  1875,  acting  as  Chairman,  on 
the  part  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  of  the  Joint 
Committee  on  Education.  In  1877  he  was  chosen  Presi- 
dent of  the  Northern  Berkshire  Conference  of  the  Con- 
gregational Church.  But  during  recent  years  he  has  with- 
drawn for  the  most  part  from  public  office,  devoting  his 
time  mainly  to  his  duties  as  College  Treasurer,  to  the 
management  of  the  farm  on  which  he  resides,  and  to  the 
consultation  of  the  large  and  well-appointed  library  which 
he  has  for  many  years  been  engaged  in  collecting.     (1881.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1833.  Junior  Ex.,  1835.  Adelphic 
Un.  Ex.,  1835.  President  Philotechnian.  First  Enghsh 
Oration,  Commencement,  1836.  College  Oration,  July 
4th,  1839.  Master's  Oration,  1839.  College  Oration  on 
the  Occasion  of  the  Death  of  the  Late  President,  April 
15th,  1 841.  Oration  before  Alumni,  1855.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  (Treasurer),  1864.     LL.D.,  Yale,  1868. 


Edward  Strong,  m.d.,  of  Auburndale,  Mass.,  son  of 
Hon.  Lewis  and  Maria  [Chester]  Strong, — the  former 
a  son  of  Gov.  Caleb  Strong  and  the  latter  a  native  of 
Weathersfield,  Conn., — was  born  at  the  family  home  in 
Northampton,  April  4th,  18 16. 

He  was  graduated  at  Williams  in  1834  and  at  Harvard 
Medical  School  in  1838,  practised  in  his  profession  at  West 
Springfield  and  at  South  Hadley  for  about  ten  years,  and 
removed  to  Newton  in  1853.  Since  1854  he  has  been 
employed  in  the  office  of  the  Secretary  of  State  in  Boston, 
largely  in  the  superintendence  and  compilation  of  the  An- 
nual Registration  Report  of  Births,  Marriages,  and  Deaths, 
and  other  statistical  publications  under  State  authority, 
the  most  important  of  which  is  the  volume  of  Abstracts 
from  and  Comments  upon  the  State  Census  of  1865. 

Mr.  Strong  married,  September  30th,  1839,  Lucretia 


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W.  Mitchell,  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  and  on  the  9th  Septem- 
ber, 1846,  after  her  decease,  Harriet  L.  Hayes,  of  South 
Hadley.  By  the  latter  marriage  he  has  had  a  son  and 
three  daughters,  of  whom  two  only  are  now  living.   (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1833.     Commencement,  1834. 


*JOB  Shaftsbury  Olin,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  youngest 
child  of  Hon.  Gideon  Olin,  was  born  at  Shaftsbury,  Vt., 
his  parents'  home,  July  5th,  181 1.  His  father,  a  native  of 
Kingston,  R.  I.,  and  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  what  after- 
wards became  the  State  of  Vermont,  was  a  leading  man 
in  his  section,  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  struggle  for 
independence,  subsequently  became  a  distinguished  mem- 
ber of  Congress  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  and 
was  for  eleven  years  Speaker  of  that  body.  He  also 
served  for  some  years  as  County  Judge  of  Bennington 
County.  Was  twice  married,  the  second  time  to  Mrs. 
Lydia  [Myers]  Pope,  a  native,  like  himself,  of  Rhode 
Island,  who  subsequently  became  the  mother  of  our  subject. 
By  his  first  marriage  Judge  Olin  had  eight  children,  all 
now  dead,  and  by  his  second  five,  most  of  whom  are  also 
deceased. 

This  son  was  fitted  for  college  at  a  school  in  Benning- 
ton now  known  as  Mt.  Anthony  Seminary,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  1832,  and  was  graduated  in  1836. 
He  then  went  immediately  to  Troy  and  entered  the  office  of 
Hon.  Martin  I.  Townsend  as  student  at  law ;  but  completed 
his  studies  in  that  of  his  future  partner,  the  late  Judge 
George  Gould.  ''  Upon  commencing  his  professional  life 
he  evinced  good  judgment  in  the  matters  of  his  profession, 
untiring  industry,  and  an  integrity  beyond  the  shadow  of 
suspicion."  He  was  for  a  time  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  Abram,  also  a  Williams  graduate,  who  was  a 
lawyer  of  eminence  and  subsequently  became  a  Judge  of 
the  District  Court  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  in 
this  connection  he  entered  upon  ''  a  remarkably  brilliant 
career."     Subsequently  he   became   a  partner  of  Judge 


44  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1B34. 

Gould,  as  already  mentioned.  He  was  early  appointed  a 
magistrate,  and  filled  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Police 
Court  for  five  years ;  was  afterwards  elected  Recorder  of 
the  City  and  Judge  of  the  Mayor's  Court,  and  presiding 
as  such  "  he  exhibited  a  degree  of  knowledge  of  the  law, 
and  a  capacity  for  the  application  of  its  rules  and  princi- 
ples to  the  affairs  of  life,  which  did  him  the  greatest 
honor." 

But  this  ''  brilliant  career"  was  destined  to  a  compara- 
tively early  close.  Before  he  had  completed  his  forty- 
third  year,  an  attack  of  bilious  colic,  so  sudden  and  brief 
that  ''  few  were  informed  of  his  sickness  until  his  death 
was  announced  to  them,"  brought  all  to  an  end.  His 
decease  occurred  on  the  21st  of  October,  1854,  and  was 
deeply  lamented  throughout  the  community  in  which  he 
lived.  At  a  meeting  of  the  Troy  bar,  held  on  the  same 
day,  Hon.  David  Buel  presiding,  warm  eulogiums  were 
pronounced  upon  his  abilities  and  character,  and  a  deep 
feeling  of  sorrow  and  loss  was  exhibited.  In  expressing 
his  own  estimate  of  his  departed  associate,  Judge  Gould 
said :  '*  He  studied  his  profession  with  me,  and  although 
absent  from  me  for  a  time,  after  entering  on  practice,  re- 
turned to  my  office  and  was  for  ten  years  my  partner.  If 
any  one  can  say  he  knew  him,  I  am  that  one.  And  know- 
ing him  thus,  I  can  vouch  for  him  in  every  respect, — as  to 
strong  intellect,  high  cultivation,  noble  purposes,  and 
warm  affections.  .  .  .  Perhaps  the  most  marked  point  of 
his  character  was  his  independent  spirit.  He  was,  in  the 
discharge  of  his  duties,  one  of  the  most  fearless  men  I 
ever  knew.  And  this  without  assumption,  without  arro- 
gance, I  might  say  with  even  a  distrust  of  his  own  powers. 
...  In  his  family  he  was  most  kind  and  affectionate,  and 
necessarily  the  object  of  the  strongest  attachment,  the 
most  tender  endearment." 

Mr.  Wm.  A.  Beach,  now  of  New  York,  added:  "  Two 
of  the  most  prominent  features  of  his  character  attracted 
the  admiring  notice  of  the  most  indifferent  observer.  I 
allude  to  his  warm,  cheerful  disposition  and  his  frank, 
fearless  independence.     His  social  qualities  were  ardent 


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and  sanguine,  and  adorned  with  a  mild  and  gentle  gayety 
entirely  relieving  from  asperity  his  always  clear  and 
marked  decision  of  purpose  and  expression.  How  well 
we  remember  the  smile  upon  his  lip  which  always  greeted 
us,  whether  in  our  festal  relaxations  or  in  the  zealous  ac- 
tivities of  business  effort.  From  all  the  occasions  of  life 
he  extracted  joy.  His  sunny  nature  threw  over  the  rough 
inequalities  and  weary  toil  of  earth  an  animating  and  hope- 
ful light.  He  was  indeed  a  spirit  *  of  infinite  jest,  of  most 
excellent  fancy,'  whose  memory  will  long  linger  around 
us  in  brightness." 

"  The  independence  of  his  character  was  not  morose  and 
arbitrary.  It  was  guided  by  high  and  educated  intelli- 
gence and  an  exalted  conscientiousness.  It  sprang  from 
a  noble  self-reliance,  founded  upon  large  thought  and 
clear,  comprehensive  judgment.  His  conclusions  were 
convictions,  weakened  by  no  doubt  or  hesitation.  Such 
a  mind  and  such  a  man  could  not  fail  to  leave  an  impress 
on  his  fellows;  and  in  proportion  to  his  extended  rela- 
tions and  large  influence  is  the  gloomy  void  his  death  has 
made." 

Resolutions  were  passed  by  the  meeting,  and  also  by 
the  Council  of  the  Troy  Club,  specially  convened  on  the 
same  day. 

In  concluding  its  notice  of  these  meetings,  the  news- 
paper in  which  it  is  contained  adds :  "  We  may  well  say 
that  in  his  death  our  community  has  sustained  an  irrepa- 
rable loss,  and  such  an  one  as  we  are  seldom  called  on  to 
record." 

Judge  OHn  married  in  1840,  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  Mary 
A.  Ousterhout,  a  graduate  from  and  subsequently  a 
teacher  in  Mrs.  Willard's  Seminary  in  Troy,  and  by  this 
marriage  he  had  two  daughters.  His  wife  and  children 
survived  him,  but  all  are  now  deceased.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Troy  Daily  Budget,  Oct.  23^,  1854,  in  part. 

Latin  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1835.  Prest.  Philologian. 
Commencement,  1836.     A.  M.  in  course. 


4^  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834, 

Rev.  William  Brown  Otis,  of  Clifton,  King  George 
County,  Va.,  was  born  at  Otisville,  N.  Y.,  January  6thy 
1817. 

He  was  graduated  at  Williams  in  1836,  and  at  the  Gen- 
eral Theological  Seminary  of  the  Episcopal  Church,  in 
New  York,  in  1840.  He  then  took  charge  of  a  parish  in 
Washington  County,  North  Carolina,  which  he  retained  for 
about  four  years.  In  1843  was  called  to  the  rectorship  of 
Christ  Church,  Tuscaloosa,  Ala.,  in  which  he  remained  one 
year.  In  1844  accepted  a  call  to  St.  John's,  Salem,  N.  J., 
with  which  he  was  connected  for  three  years.  In  1848 
took  charge  of  a  parish  in  Morristown,  N.  J.,  in  which  he 
continued  until  the  failure  of  his  health,  when  he  returned 
to  Salem,  and  remained  there  several  years.  In  1855  h€ 
removed  to  Geneva,  N.  Y. ;  in  1866  was  called  to  Christ 
Church,  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.,  with  which  he  remained  for 
some  years.  In  1879  removed  to  his  present  residence, 
without  parochial  charge. 

During  the  war  of  the  rebellion  Mr.  Otis  was  for  a  time 
Chaplain  of  the  Twelfth  New  Jersey  Infantry.  He  mar- 
ried, Nov.  25th,  1846,  Annie  E.  Tuft,  of  Salem,  N.  J.    (1880.) 

Biographical  AnnalSy,  mainly. 

Junior  Ex.,  1835.     Prest.  Philologian. 


James  Newton  Platt,  of  New  York  City,  was  born  in 
that  city  February  3d,  18 17. 

He  was  fitted  for  the  collegiate  course  at  the  Grammar 
School  of  Columbia  College,  entered  Williams  in  1833,  and 
was  graduated  in  1835.  He  then  studied  law  in  New  York, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  October,  1838,  and  has  ever 
since  been  engaged  in  legal  practice  in  that  city.    (1880.) 

Senior  Ex.,  1835.     Commencement,  1835. 


Solomon  Belden  Noble,  of  Long  Island  City,  N.  Y., 
youngest  son  of  Hon.  Daniel  and  Esther  [Belden]  Noble, 
was  born  at  Williamstown,  his  parents'  home,  May  22d, 


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1820.  His  father,  a  distinguished  graduate  of  the  college, 
in  the  class  of  1 796,  was  for  many  years  the  Treasurer  of 
the  institution,  as  well  as  one  of  its  Trustees  and  most  effi- 
cient supporters. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  Prof. 
Chester  Dewey's  ''  Gymnasium"  in  Pittsfield,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1833,  and  was  graduated  in 
1837.  He  then  read  law  in  New  York,  and  after  admis- 
sion to  the  bar  was  engaged  in  active  practice  in  that  city 
for  a  number  of  years,  during  which  he  was  for  some 
time  a  deputy  clerk  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court  for  the 
Southern  District  of  New  York.  He  also  served  one 
term,  1852-53,  as  a  member  of  the  legislature,  in  the  As- 
sembly. 

In  1869  Mr.  Noble  removed  to  the  new'municipality  of 
Long  Island  City,  on  the  East  River,  opposite  the  upper 
part  of  New  York,  then  rising  into  commercial  impor- 
tance. In  its  public  affairs  he  has  taken  a  leading  part, 
filling  the  offices  of  Corporation  Attorney  and  Counsel, 
and  City  Clerk,  and  is  at  present  Counsel  to  the  Board 
of  Excise. 

In  1850  married  Agnes  Nicolson,  and  has  five  sons  and 
a  daughter.     (Dec,  1879.) 

Address,  No.  10  Jackson  Avenue. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1834.  Latin  Oration,  Junior  Ex., 
1836.  Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1836.  Commencement,  1837. 
Master's  Oration,  1840. 


*  Walter  Wright,  of  Chicago,  111.,  third  son  of  John 
and  Huldah  [Dewey]  Wright,  was  born  in  Sheffield,  Mass., 
his  parents'  home.  May  31st,  18 19.  During  his  childhood 
the  family  came  to  Williamstown,  where  his  maternal 
uncle,  Dr.  Chester  Dewey,  was  a  professor,  and  where  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  received  his  preparation  for  college 
in  the  academy.  He  entered  WiUiams  in  1832,  as  Fresh- 
man, and  was  graduated  in  1836,  at  the  age  of  seventeen. 


48  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

with  the  Salutatory  Oration,  thus  early  manifesting  abilities 
which  did  not  pass  without  special  commendation  from 
the  head  of  the  institution. 

He  soon  after  began  the  study  of  law  in  Troy,  com- 
pleting his  introductory  course  at  Chicago,  whither  his 
father  had  removed  in  1834.  But  though  admitted  to  the 
bar,  he  never  engaged  in  practice.  His  health  having  be- 
come impaired,  partly,  perhaps,  by  too  close  application 
in  college,  he  went  to  Europe  soon  after  gaining  his  pro- 
fession, for  travel  and  change.  He  had  inherited  a  com- 
petence, mostly  in  real  estate,  from  his  father,  and  on  his 
return  from  abroad  gave  his  attention  to  his  own  business 
affairs,  which  soon  became  greatly  embarrassed  through 
accommodation  endorsements  for  a  near  relative.  In  1857 
these  matters  reached  a  crisis,  and  for  the  next  seventeen 
years  Mr.  Wright  struggled  under  the  load  of  debt  thus 
contracted,  amounting  originally  to  nearly  two  hundred 
thousand  dollars.  Every  cent  of  this  sum,  with  interest, 
he  ultimately  paid,  being  enabled  to  do  so  by  the  rise  in 
the  value  of  his  property ;  but  it  was  not  finally  cleared 
away  until  1874;  and  it  is  interesting  to  note  that  at  his 
death  he  was  possessed  of  a  fortune  considerably  larger 
than  the  great  amount  he  had  so  honorably  discharged. 

During  several  years  of  this  trying  period  he  supported 
himself,  considerably  to  the  injury  of  his  health,  by  the 
pen.  To  this  he  was  naturally  led  by  his  fine  literary  taste, 
ripe  German  scholarship,  studies  in  metaphysics,  and  ambi- 
tion for  a  marked  literary  reputation.  He  made  many 
admirable  poetical  translations,  which  were  destroyed  by 
the  great  fire  of  1871,  and  wrote  for  years  the  editorials 
of  the  Chicago  Tribune,  which  "  were  always  published 
just  as  they  were  written." 

Mr.  Wright  was  a  lover  of  music  and  painting,  culti- 
vated, witty,  possessed  of  exquisite  humor,  graceful  in  con- 
versation, a  charming  letter- writer,  and  a  favorite  in  society. 
Better  still,  he  was  exact  and  honorable  in  business,  gen- 
erous in  giving,  devout  and  scrupulous  in  religion. 

His  health  failing,  he  spent  the  winter  of  1875-76  in 
Florida.     Early  the  following  spring  he  returned  to  Chi- 


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cago,  and  after  lingering  through  the  summer,  died  in  that 
city,  of  an  affection  of  the  liver,  on  the  25th  of  October, 
1876.     He  was  unmarried. 

Obituary  Record^  1877,  in  part. 

Junior   Ex.,    1835.     Salutatory,  Commencement,  1836. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Martin  Finch,  of  Keeseville,  Essex  County,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  William  and  Rachel  [Smith]  Finch,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Jay,  in  the  same  county,  then  his  father's  place  of 
residence,  June  21st,  181 1. 

Having  worked  upon  a  farm  until  nearly  twenty-one 
years  of  age,  he  went  to  Bennington,  Vt.,  to  study,  and 
was  enabled,  by  the  aid  of  friends  and  by  teaching  himself, 
to  work  his  way  through  the  preparatory  course  at  the 
academy.  He  entered  WiUiams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall 
of  1833,  and  at  the  close  of  first  term  Sophomore  engaged 
in  teaching  in  Westfield  Academy  for .  a  few  months. 
Shortly  after  his  return  to  college  he  was  attacked  by  ty- 
phus fever,  and  obliged,  as  soon  as  able,  to  go  home.  His 
father  had  removed  not  long  before  to  Peru,  Clinton 
County,  and  here  the  son  remained  until  the  following 
spring  (1835),  when  he  rejoined  his  class,  with  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1837. 

He  then  became  assistant  in  Auburn  Academy,  teach- 
ing there  and  in  Victory,  near  by,  until  1840.  Meantime 
he  had  entered  the  law  office  of  D.  Robinson,  Esq.,  at 
Port  Byron,  in  the  vicinity,  reading  as  he  was  able  in  the 
intervals  of  teaching.  Upon  discontinuing  this  work  he 
went  to  Keeseville,  and,  settling  permanently,  continued 
his  studies  in  the  office  of  T.  A.  Tomlinson,  Esq.  Upon 
the  election  of  the  latter  to  Congress,  soon  after,  his  pupil 
undertook  the  management  of  the  office  business,  which  he 
conducted  during  most  of  his  principal's  term  of  service. 

After  admission  to  practice  in  the  summer  of  1842,  Mr. 
Finch  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr.  Tomlinson,  which 
lasted  for  about  four  years,  when  the  latter  retired  from 


so  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

practice.  The  former  continued  the  business,  and  has 
remained  in  it  until  the  present  time.  He  has,  in  addi- 
tion, held  some  town  office  every  year  since  the  second 
of  his  residence  in  Keeseville :  was  supervisor  for  twelve 
successive  years;  served  three  years  as  district-attorney 
of  the  county  of  Essex ;  and  was  a  member  of  Assembly 
in  1860-61.  In  1872  he  was  appointed  Register  in  Bank- 
ruptcy for  his  Congressional  district,  and  this  office  he 
still  holds. 

Mr.  Finch  married,  October  8th,  1843,  and  has  had 
eight  children,  two  only  of  whom  survive.  A  recent  pe- 
culiarly painful  occurrence  in  his  domestic  history  was 
the  decease  of  his  son,  the  Rev.  Henry  O.  Finch,  of  Guil- 
ford, Conn.,  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Vermont,  who 
was  found  dead  on  the  beach  not  far  from  Guilford,  where, 
during  a  morning  walk,  he  had  probably  been  attacked  by 
disease  of  the  heart,  which  proved  immediately  fatal. 
His  brief  pastorate  at  Guilford  had  been  very  successful, 
and  the  occasion  of  his  funeral  at  Keeseville  proved  that 
he  was  greatly  esteemed  and  beloved  at  home.     (1880.) 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1837. 


*  Russell  Brown,  of  Whitingham,  Vt,  was  the  fifth 
son  of  Jonas  and  Lois  [Russell]  Brown.  His  father  and 
mother,  natives  respectively  of  New  Ipswich  and  Rindge, 
both  in  New  Hampshire,  came  to  Whitingham  about 
1797,  settled  there  in  the  wilderness,  and  raised  a  family 
of  seven  sons  and  four  daughters,  all  of  whom  became 
adults. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  born  at  this  home,  Feb- 
ruary 2ist,  18 12,  and  as  he  exhibited  a  special  aptitude  for 
study,  was  fitted  for  college,  in  part  at  Bennington  Semi- 
nary, under  his  cousin  Nathan  (now  Rev.  Dr.  Brown,  a 
graduate  of  Williams,  who  has  for  many  years  been  a  dis- 
tinguished missionary  of  the  Baptist  Church  in  India  and 
Japan),  and  in  part  at  New  Haven,  Conn.     He  entered 


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Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  1834,  and  proved  himself  an 
excellent  scholar  and  original  thinker.  He  was  an  ardent 
student  of  history,  and  had  both  a  taste  and  a  talent  for 
poetry.  His  father,  a  farmer,  was  a  devout  and  exemplary 
Christian,  and  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  a  dea- 
con in  the  Baptist  Church,  with  which  his  son  Russell 
united  about  1832.  It  thenceforth  became  the  young 
student's  purpose  to  prepare  for  the  ministry  and  go  to 
the  missionary  field.  To  this  he  devoted  himself  with  un- 
tiring zeal,  so  that  he  had  even  begun  to  exercise  himself 
in  preaching  during  his  preparation  for  college.  Possess- 
ing a  strong  constitution  and  a  fine  physical  organization, 
he  seemed  peculiarly  fitted  for  his  chosen  work  ;  but  these 
quickly  succumbed  to  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  of  which 
he  died,  very  suddenly  and  unexpectedly  to  his  friends,  in 
college,  May  7th,  1835,  during  his  Junior  year.  Funeral 
services  were  held  upon  the  occasion  in  the  college  chapel, 
where  a  eulogy  was  pronounced  by  the  cousin,  classmate, 
room-mate,  and  K.  A.  brother  of  the  deceased,  William  G. 
Brown  (p.  52),  and  a  dirge,  also  composed  by  him,  was 
sung  by  the  students  over  the  remains.  These  were  then 
conveyed  for  interment  to  Whitingham;^  escorted  for 
some  miles  by  the  class,  who  subsequently  erected  over 
them  a  monument  bearing  the  inscription  "  In  pace  quies- 
cat." 


Uriah  Burr  Phillips,  of  New  York  City,  a  member 
of  the  class  of  1837,  entered  Williams  College  during 
Freshman  year,  probably  in  1834.  He  remained  only  a 
short  time,  perhaps  a  year,  and  is  remembered  by  his  room- 
mate, Prof.  J.  A.  Leland,  of  South  Carolina,  as  a  "  clever, 
genial  companion,"  and  by  a  K.  A.  brother  as  a  ''very 
pleasant,  companionable  man." 

Before  entering  college  he  had  been  employed  for  a 
time  in  the  New  York  post-office.  But  all  efforts  to  as- 
certain his  history  for  this  publication  have  thus  far  proved 
unsuccessful.     (Feb.,  1881.) 


52  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1834. 

William  Goldsmith  Brown,  of  Linwood,  Portage 
County,  Wis.,  second  son  of  Nathan  and  Betsey  [Gold- 
smith] Brown,  was  born  at  Whitingham,  Vt.,  his  parents* 
place  of  residence,  March  3d,  1812. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  New  Hampton,  N.  H.,  and 
at  Bennington  Seminary,  then  a  flourishing  institution, 
taught  in  part  by  his  brother  Nathan  (a  Williams  graduate 
of  1827,  well  known  in  later  years  as  a  missionary  of  the 
Baptist  Church  in  India,  China,  and  Japan,  and  as  an  emi- 
nent philologist),  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
the  fall  of  1833,  with  his  cousin  and  classmate,  Russell 
Brown,  also  of  our  Society,  of  whom  a  sketch  has  already 
been  given  (p.  50).  But  being  deeply  affected  by  the 
death  of  the  latter  during  his  Junior  year,  and  finding  his 
own  health  begin  to  fail,  he  was  shortly  after  compelled 
to  abandon  his  hope  of  graduating,  and  withdraw  from 
college. 

After  some  years  spent  in  teaching  in  Union  Acad- 
emy, Bennington,  and  at  Shelburne  Falls  and  Holyoke, 
Mass.,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  in  1840  became  engaged 
in  journalism  as  editor,  at  first  of  the  Vermont  Telegraphy 
afterwards  oi  the  Voice  of  Freedom  (anti-slavery  papers 
published  at  Brandon,  Vt.),  and  from  1856  to  1858  of  the 
Chicopee  (Mass.)  Journal. 

It  was  during  this  period  of  newspaper-work  that  he 
wrote  several  poems  which  attained  a  wide  circulation  and 
celebrity,  and  secured  his  admission  among  the  "  Poets  of 
Vermont,"  in  the  volume  of  their  selected  works  published 
at  Rutland  in  1858,  as  well  as  in  general  estimation.  The 
best  known  of  these  pieces  are  "  A  Hundred  Years  to 
Come"  and  ''  Mother,  Home,  and  Heaven ;"  the  former 
of  which,  although  an  impromptu,  written  in  a  single  hour, 
is  so  happily  conceived  as  to  touch  a  universal  chord ;  and 
is  justly  included  among  "  Single  Famous  Poems"  (N.  Y., 
1877)  as  worthy  of  such  special  recognition.  This  poem 
alone  should  avert  from  its  author  the  oblivion  presaged 
in  its  concluding  stanza,  and  will  be  appropriately  inserted 
here. 


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A  HUNDRED  YEARS  TO  COME. 

Oh!  where  will  be  the  birds  that  sing, 

A  hundred  years  to  come  ? 
The  flowers  that  now  in  beauty  spring, 

A  hundred  years  to  come  ? 
The  rosy  lip,  the  lofty  brow, 
The  heart  that  beats  so  gayly  now  ? 
Oh!  where  will  be  Love's  beaming  eye, 
Joy's  pleasant  smile,  and  Sorrow's  sigh, 

A  hundred  years  to  come  ? 

Who'll  press  for  gold  this  crowded  street, 

A  hundred  years  to  come? 
Who'll  tread  yon  church  with  willing  feet, 

A  hundred  years  to  come  ? 
Pale  trembling  age  and  fiery  youth, 
And  childhood  with  its  brow  of  truth, 
The  rich  and  poor,  on  land  and  sea, — 
Where  will  the  mighty  millions  be, 

A  hundred  years  to  come  ? 

We  all  within  our  graves  shall  sleep, 

A  hundred  years  to  come. 
No  living  soul  for  us  will  weep, 

A  hundred  years  to  come. 
But  other  men  our  lands  shall  till. 
And  others  then  our  streets  shall  fill, 
While  other  birds  shall  sing  as  gay. 
As  bright  the  sunshine  as  to-day, 

A  hundred  years  to  come. 

Many  other  poems  by  the  same  hand  have  gone  the 
rounds  of  the  papers  and  magazines,  and  it  is  hoped  that 
their  author  will  yet  collect  all  these  fugitive  pieces  into 
a  volume  for  preservation.  A  couple  of  stanzas  from  one  of 
them,  entitled  ''  Fifty  Years  Ago,"  and  recently  addressed 
to  his  brother  in  Japan,  already  mentioned,  may  be  given 
for  the  sake  of  the  allusions  to  Commencement  scenes 
which  they  contain. 


54  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1B34. 

I  see  the  long  line,  arm  in  arm, 

With  music  on  the  air, 
March  to  their  annual  festival 

Up  to  the  house  of  prayer, 
While  towering  high  above  them  all, 

A  king  in  look  and  mien. 
His  white  hair  like  a  silver  crown, 

Our  Griffin's  form  is  seen. 

Ah!  well,  if  on  life's  stage  for  truth 

They've  raised  their  voice  as  well 
As  when,  that  day,  upon  their  ears 

His  "Tolle  vocem!"  fell. 
But  well  or  ill,  their  parts  are  played; 

They've  crossed  death's  river  o'er; 
A  few  like  us,  of  gray-haired  men, 

Still  linger  on  the  shore. 

At  the  Whitingham  Centennial,  celebrated  during  the 
summer  of  the  present  year,  the  orator  of  the  day  con- 
cluded his  address  before  the  great  audience  present  with 
a  recitation  of  "  A  Hundred  Years  to  Come,"  which  he 
thus  prefaced :  "  When  I  hesitated  as  to  what  my  closing 
words  should  be,  I  was  impressed  with  the  fact  that  a 
native  of  Whitingham,  a  poet  and  a  man  of  genius,  had 
unconsciously  written  what  ought  to  be  repeated  here.  I 
offer  as  a  part  of  these  proceedings  the  following  lines, 
seemingly  written  for  this  occasion,  more  than  twenty 
(forty)  years  ago  by  William  G.  Brown." 

The  subject  of  this  eulogium  removed  in  1861  to  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  and  subsequently  to  his  present  residence, 
where  he  has  been  engaged  in  mercantile  and  business 
pursuits. 

He  married,  October  loth,  1839,  Eunice,  daughter  of 
David  Fisher,  of  Halifax,  Vt.,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has 
three  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  former  inherit  their 
father's  aptitude  for  editorial  work.     (1880.) 

P.  O.  address,  Meehan,  Portage  Co.,  Wis. 

Junior  Ex.  (not  fulfilled),  1836. 


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1835. 

John  Ravenscroft  JoneSj  of  Lawrenceville,  Bruns- 
wick County,  Va.,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  A.  [Goode] 
Jones, — the  latter  originally  of  Mecklenburg  County  in  the 
same  State, — was  born  in  the  county  first  named,  August 
2ist,  1818. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Ebenezfer  Academy,  in 
his  native  county,  and  at  Hopkins  Academy,  Hadley, 
Mass.,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of 
1833.  Left,  on  account  of  poor  health,  November,  1835, 
and  the  following  spring  entered  William  and  Mary  Col- 
lege, but  remained  only  until  July  of  the  same  year,  when, 
his  health  again  failing  him,  he  abandoned  all  hope  of  a 
collegiate  education.  In  1837  and  1839  he  taught  in 
Brunswick  Academy. 

Mr.  Jones's  occupation  in  Brunswick  County  during 
the  greater  part  of  his  life  has  been  that  of  a  planter  and 
farmer,  and  he  has  been  fully  identified  with  all  the  social 
and  business  interests  of  that  section.  Under  the  old  con- 
stitution of  Virginia  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  and 
member  of  the  County  Court.  At  present  he  is  County 
Superintendent  of  Schools,  under  appointment  by  the 
Board  of  Public  Education,  his  term  commencing  January 
1st,  1879.  ^^  has  also  been  for  many  years  a  lay-reader 
in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

He  married,  December  nth,  1839,  Mary  J.  Rice,  also 
of  Brunswick  County,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a 
daughter  and  two  sons.     (1880.) 


*  Moses  Robinson  Wright,  of  Ithaca,  N.  Y.,  younger 
brother  of  Rev.  T.  Wright  (p.  21)  and  son  of  Charles  and 
Eunice  [Robinson]  Wright,  was  born  at  Bennington,  Vt., 
his  parents'  home,  April  7th,  18 18.  His  paternal  ancestors 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  the  Vermont  Grants,  and 
of  the  same  stock  with  those  of  Gov.  Silas  Wright  of 
N.  Y.     His  mother  was  a  descendant  of  Hon.  Moses  Rob- 


56  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1835. 

inson,  a  friend  and  correspondent  of  Jefferson  and  of 
Ethan  Allen  in  Revolutionary  times,  and  subsequently 
Chief-Justice  and  Governor  of  the  State. 

The  father  of  our  subject  died  when  the  latter  was  but 
ten  months  old.  His  mother  was  left  with  a  large  prop- 
erty, and  subsequently  married  Rev.  J.  Whiton,  a  gradu- 
ate and  trustee  of  the  college. 

Moses  R.  was  fitted  for  the  collegiate  course  at  a  pri- 
vate school  in  Manchester,  Vt.,  under  Rev.  Lyman  Cole- 
man, who  is  still  connected  with  the  work  of  education  as 
Professor  in  Lafayette  College.  His  pupil  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  1834,  and  proved  himself  an  excel- 
lent scholar;  but  the  failure  of  a  large  manufacturing 
establishment  in  Bennington  crippled  the  financial  re- 
sources of  his  mother  and  led  to  his  withdrawal  from  col- 
lege before  the  completion  of  his  course.  Undaunted  by 
this  misfortune,  the  young  man  resolved  to  rely  on  his  own 
efforts,  and,  leaving  home  with,  only  fourteen  dollars  and 
an  old  silver  watch  in  his  pocket,  made  his  way  to  Ithaca, 
where  he  entered  a  law-office,  and  endeavored  to  support 
himself  at  the  same  time  by  teaching.  Finding  his  income 
insufficient  for  his  needs,  he  determined  upon  going  South 
to  teach,  and  spent  upwards  of  a  year  in  Tuscaloosa,  Ala., 
thus  employed.  Returning  North,  he  continued  his  legal 
studies  at  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  and  completed  them  at  Ithaca, 
where  he  settled  in  practice  and  attained  a  high  position 
in  his  profession  by  laborious  study  and  a  patience,  perse- 
verance, and  determination  that  nothing  could  overcome. 
Legal  difficulties  rather  invited  than  repelled  him,  and  he 
was  never  happier  than  when  deep  in  some  recondite 
question  of  jurisprudence,  depending  for  its  solution  upon 
subtle  principles  and  intricate  analogies.  His  range  of 
reading,  both  legal  and  general,  was  varied  and  extensive, 
and  his  tenacious  memory  retained  whatever  it  had  once 
grasped  ;  while  his  unquestioned  integrity  and  purity, 
devotion  to  his  profession,  and  ambition  to  excel  in  it 
might  reasonably  have  led  to  the  enjoyment  of  its  highest 
honors,  especially  as  he  was  also  considerably  engaged  in 
politics.     As  a  member  of  the  last  Democratic  National 


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and  State  Conventions  preceding  his  death,  he  had  ren- 
dered important  services  to  his  party,  contributing  largely, 
by  his  prudent  course  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Resolutions,  to  its  gaining  vantage  over  the  Know-Noth- 
ing  organization.  As  a  politician  his  opinions  were  care- 
fully formed  on  the  ground  of  right,  not  expediency,  and 
he  was  ever  free  and  open  in  their  expression. 

His  early  misfortunes  and  struggles,  together  with  a 
somewhat  nervous  organization,  had  contributed  to  render 
his  temper  less  genial  than  it  might  have  been  under  more 
favorable  conditions,  but  those  whom  he  honored  with  his 
friendship  found  that  he  possessed  a  warm  heart  and  a 
generous,  self-sacrificing  spirit.  Indeed  he  was  liberal  to 
a  fault ;  and  neither  friend  nor  stranger  ever  appealed  to 
him  for  succor  in  vain. 

His  death  occurred  on  the  6th  of  June,  1855.  Consti- 
tutionally subject  to  inflammatory  rheumatism,  he  was 
severely  attacked  by  it  after  exposure  to  a  shower.  Hem- 
orrhage followed  with  extensive  inflammation  of  the  lining 
of  the  stomach,  and  death  ensued.  He  bore  his  sufferings 
with  courage  and  calmness,  and,  in  the  full  possession  of 
his  faculties,  approached  the  last  sad  scene  with  the  com- 
posure of  a  philosophic  and  Christian  mind. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  bar  of  Ithaca,  after  remarks  by 
Hon.  S.  B.  Cushing  and  others,  resolutions  of  respect  to 
the  memory  of  the  deceased  were  unanimously  adopted. 
Similar  tributes  were  paid  by  Ithaca  Lodge  No.  71  and 
by  Fidelity  Lodge,  F.  A.  M.,  No.  51.  Mr.  Wright  was 
unmarried. 

Ithaca  Journaly  June  iph^  1855,  mamly. 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1836. 


Daniel  Day,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Betsey  S.  Day,  of  Lanesborough,  same  State,  was  born  at 
the  latter  place,  September  1 8th,  1 8 1 5.  Fitted  for  college  in 
his  native  town  and  in  Greenfield,  Mass.,  entered  Williams 
in  1834,  with  the  class  of  '38,  but  left  in  1837.     He  taught 


58  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1835. 

a  private  school  for  boys  at  Lanesborough  for  ten  years, 
was  afterwards  connected  with  an  Iron  Company,  and  has 
now  been  for  some  years  in  the  office  of  the  Berkshire 
County  Savings  Bank,  Pittsfield. 

Mr.  Day  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from 
WiUiams  in  1848.  In  1863  he  was  a  member  of  the  Legis- 
lature of  Massachusetts.  He  married,  October  14th,  1840, 
Eliza  J.  Smedley,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  a 
daughter.     (1880.) 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1836.     A.M.,  (Honorary,)  1848. 


*Hon.  John  Benedict  Steele,  of  Kingston,  N.  Y.,. 
second  of  seven  sons  of  Nathaniel  Steele,  was  born  at  Wal- 
ton, Delaware  County,  N.  Y.,  March  28th,  18 14.  His 
father  was  a  resident  and  among  the  earliest  settlers  of  the 
neighboring  town  of  Delhi,  where  this  son  was  fitted  for 
college,  in  Delaware  Academy.  He  entered  Williams  as 
a  member  of  the  class  of  1838,  but  left  without  completing 
his  course,  probably  from  want  of  means  for  continuing  it ;, 
studied  law  in  Delhi,  was  admitted  to  practice  in  1839,  ^'^^ 
settled  soon  after  in  Oneonta,  Otsego  County.  In  1841  he 
was  appointed  district-attorney,  in  which  office  he  con- 
tinued until  1847,  when  he  removed  to  Kingston,  Ulster 
County,  where  he  pursued  the  practice  of  his  profession 
with  marked  success,  and  after  some  time  formed  a  part- 
nership with  Gen.  George  H.  Sharpe,  now  Speaker  of  the 
New  York  House  of  Assembly.  In  1850  Mr.  Steele  was 
elected  Special  Judge  of  that  county,  and  in  i860  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress,  where  he  served  upon  the  commit^ 
tees  on  the  District  of  Columbia  and  on  Revolutionary 
Pensions.  In  1862  he  was  re-elected,  by  a  largely  increased 
majority,  and  during  his  second  term  labored  with  decided 
efficiency  upon  the  Committee  on  the  Pacific  Railroad,  in 
addition  to  the  ones  already  named ;  and  he  was  prepar- 
ing to  take  an  active  part  in  the  campaign  of  1 866  when  his 
life  was  suddenly  cut  short  by  a  terrible  casualty.  At 
about  half-past  ten  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  September 


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23d,  while  driving  in  his  carriage  to  Rondout,  as  he  de- 
scended Hone  Street,  which  is  a  sharp  decHvity,  his  horse 
took  fright  and  dashed  the  vehicle  to  which  he  was  at- 
tached upon  an  awning-post,  against  which  Mr.  Steele 
was  thrown,  falling  to  the  curb  with  great  force.  It  was 
found  that  his  skull  was  fractured,  several  ribs  were  broken, 
and  that  other  internal  injuries  had  probably  been  sus- 
tained, which  together  rendered  death  inevitable.  This 
ensued  at  about  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon  of  the  same 
day,  the  patient  meanwhile  lying  in  a  partially  insensible 
condition. 

The  funeral  exercises  were  attended  in  St.  John's 
Church,  Kingston,  of  which  the  deceased  had  long  been  a 
communicant  and  vestryman,  and  was  also  senior  war- 
den. A  sermon  was  preached  upon  the  occasion  by  the 
rector,  Rev.  Dr.  Waters,  who  characterized  his  departed 
friend  as  genial  and  warm-hearted,  unselfish,  generous,  sin- 
cere, and  learned ;  adding  that  he  possessed  warm  and 
touching  eloquence,  which  he  knew  well  how  to  use  and 
adapt  to  his  situation  and  purpose,  so  that  he  moved  and 
led  the  people  very  much  as  he  would.  Mentioning  his 
ready  and  willing  attention,  while  in  Congress,  to  the  many 
calls  of  such  as  wanted  the  special  assistance  which  his 
position  enabled  him  to  give,  and  his  sympathizing  efforts 
for  the  poor  and  unfortunate,  particularly  the  sick  and 
wounded  soldiers  in  the  hospitals,  the  speaker  especially 
eulogized  his  independent  and  important  vote  for  the  re- 
moval of  slavery,  adding  that,  although  of  a  different  po- 
litical party,  he  was  on  intimate  terms  with  the  members 
of  the  Administration,  who  respected  his  influence  and 
position  and  had  confidence  in  his  integrity  and  virtue. 
"  The  highest  he  did  not  fear,  the  lowest  he  did  not  de- 
spise. His  life  was  a  success.  His  counsels  and  princi- 
ples will  be  a  guide  for  many  who  come  after  him.  So  do 
the  just  live  always.  Their  faults,  errors,  sins,  and  imper- 
fections are  and  should  be  forgotten,  buried  with  their 
bones ;  while  their  virtues  live  and  shine  and  are  immor- 
tal." 

The  funeral  services  were  in  accordance  with  the  rites 


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of  the  Masonic  order,  through  most  of  the  offices  and 
honors  of  which  the  deceased  had  passed.  These  per- 
formed, he  was  buried  in  Wiltwyck  Cemetery.  Resolu- 
tions of  respect  to  his  memory  were  offered  and  supported 
by  members  of  the  Ulster  County  bar,  before  Judge  In- 
galls  of  the  Supreme  Court,  upon  whose  minutes  they  were 
entered,  and  similar  testimonials  were  adopted  by  the 
local  Masonic  and  Odd  Fellows'  lodges,,  of  both  of  which 
the  deceased  was  a  member. 

The  following  letter  of  condolence  from  the  Secretary 
of  War,  received  by  Mrs.  Steele  some  time  after,  is  of 
special  interest : 

"War  Department,       ) 
Washington  City,  1867.  \ 
''Dear  Madam: 

"  It  was  with  profound  sorrow  I  learned  your  late  husband's 
death  from  the  public  prints,  and  only  abstained  from  express- 
ing my  sympathy  from  unwillingness  to  intrude  upon  your 
attention  at  the  period  of  your  deep  affliction. 

"  My  acquaintance  with  Mr.  Steele  was  formed  soon  after 
my  entrance  upon  the  duties  of  the  Department.  He  was  then 
representing  his  district  in  Congress.  In  earnest,  devoted 
patriotism  he  was  unsurpassed,  and  all  the  energies  of  his 
strong  heart  and  vigorous  intellect  were  devoted  to  the  support 
of  his  country.  My  esteem  and  confidence  in  him  grew  with 
our  acquaintance,  and  I  mourned  his  death  as  the  loss  of  a 
faithful  friend,  a  patriotic  citizen,  and  a  cultivated  gentleman. 
By  none  will  his  memory  be  more  respected  than  by 

'*  Yours  truly, 

"  Edwin  M.  Stanton. 
"Mrs.  John  B.  Steele." 

Mr.  Steele  married  Ann  E.  Paddock,  of  Oneonta,  who, 
with  a  daughter,  survives  him.  Both  reside  in  San  Fran- 
cisco.    (1880.) 

A.M.,  (Honorary,)  Williams,  1863. 


*  Hon.  John  Wells,  ll.d.,   of   Brookline,   Mass.,  son 
of  Hon.  Noah  and  Sarah  [Reed]  Wells,  was  born  at  Rowe, 


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Franklin  County,  Mass.,  February  17th,  18 19.  His  father 
was  a  highly  respected  and  influential  farmer  of  Rowe,  a 
man  of  strongly  marked  character,  who  was  repeatedly 
sent  by  his  fellow-townsmen  to  represent  them  in  the  Gen- 
eral Court,  and  was,  in  1842,  a  member  of  the  State  Sen- 
ate from  his  county. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
local  schools,  entered  WiUiams  in  1834,  and  after  distin- 
guishing  himself  throughout  his  course,  graduated  in  1838, 
with  the  Valedictory  Oration,  the  subject  of  which  was 
"  The  Influence  of  Scepticism  on  Human  Happiness." 
His  future  colleague,  Mr.  Justice  Colt,  was  his  classmate,, 
and  Mr.  Justice  Field,  now  of  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court,  was  in  the  class  immediately  preceding  his. 

After  graduating  Mr.  Wells  opened  a  select  school  in 
Rowe,  which  was  a  great  success.  One  of  its  leading  fea- 
tures was  a  weekly  lyceum,  at  the  closing  exhibition  of 
which,  in  the  old  meeting-house,  the  Principal  recited  a 
poem  on  "  The  Burning  and  Destruction  of  Pompeii."  He 
next  taught  for  a  year  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  and  then  applied 
himself  to  the  study  of  law,  at  first  in  the  office  of  Messrs. 
Daniel  Wells  and  George  T.  Davis,  in  Greenfield,  and 
afterwards  at  the  Law  School  of  Harvard  College.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1841,  settled  in  the  growing 
manufacturing  town  of  Chicopee,  near  Springfield,  and 
practised  there  for  the  next  twenty-five  years,  taking  a 
leading  position  in  his  profession  and  in  public  and  social 
life.  For  some  years  he  edited  the  weekly  newspaper  in 
the  town,  uniting  with^reat  purity  of  language  fairness  of 
statement  and  positiveness  of  conviction.  He  was  Presi- 
dent of  the  Cabot  Bank  for  some  time,  and  a  member  of 
the  legislature  in  1849,  185 1,  1857,  and  1865,  in  one  of  which 
years  his  father  was  his  colleague  in  the  same  body.  In 
1856  he  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Probate  and 
Insolvency,  and  he  added  greatly  to  his  reputation  by  the 
manner  in  which  he  performed  the  delicate  duties  attend- 
ing this  position,  until  his  increasing  practice  compelled 
him  to  resign  it  in  1864.  He  was  also  conspicuous  in 
church  matters,  being  one  of  the  founders  of  the  lTnita« 


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rian  Society  in  Chicopee,  its  clerk  for  twenty-five  years, 
leader  of  its  choir  for  a  long  time,  and  superintendent  for 
many  years  of  its  Sabbath-school.  Brought  up  in  the 
Unitarian  faith,  he  always  adhered  to  it  with  firmness  and 
earnestness,  but  without  intolerance  or  bigotry. 

In  1864  Mr.  Wells  served  as  one  of  the  Presidential 
Electors  of  Massachusetts,  voting  for  Mr.  Lincoln.  In 
September,  1866,  he  was  selected  by  Governor  Bullock, 
at  the  unanimous  request  of  the  bar  of  Western  Massa- 
chusetts, for  the  seat  on  the  bench  of  the  Supreme  Court 
made  vacant  by  the  death  of  Judge  C.  A.  Dewey,  of 
Northampton ;  a  position  which  all  who  knew  him  had 
felt  for  many  years  must  ultimately  become  his.  Soon 
after  this  appointment  he  removed  to  Boston,  and  finally 
settled  in  Brookline. 

As  a  judge  he  was  one  of  the  ablest  members  of  a 
court  always  high  in  character.  No  one  perceived  more 
perfectly  the  finest  legal  distinctions,  and  no  one  gave 
heartier  welcome  to  moral  considerations,  to  truth,  and  to 
justice.  He  worked  carefully,  deliberately ;  the  detail 
processes  of  his  mind  were  both  slow  and  delicate ;  he 
hesitated  over  points  that  others  could  not  see  or  carelessly 
disregarded ;  but  all  this  only  gave  greater  completeness 
and  larger  power  to  the  final  main  conclusions,  which  never 
failed  of  substantial  justice.  His  were  the  attainments  of 
diligence  sustained  by  good  sense,  earnest  convictions, 
and  a  clear  intellect.  His  opinions,  beginning  with  the 
13th  of  Allen,  extend  through  twenty-five  or  twenty-six 
volumes  of  reports,  and  will  remain  an  enduring  monu- 
ment of  great  judicial  power.  That  in  the  case  of  Lowell 
vs.  Boston,  1 1 1  Mass.  Rep.,  454,  may  be  referred  to  as  an 
able  exposition  of  an  interesting  question  in  constitutional 
law,  involving  important  principles;  and  it  was  one  in 
which  eminent  counsel  had  been  engaged. 

Politically  he  was  originally  a  Whig;  but  upon  the 
dissolution  of  that  party  became  a  Republican  of  the  con- 
servative wing. 

Judge  Wells  was  always  a  gentleman,  dignified,  affable, 
and  courteous.     He  had  a  delicate  and  slightly  consump- 


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live  figure,  a  reserved  and  quiet  manner,  and  a  mild  voice, 
which,  while  they  indicated  lack  of  robustness  in  constitu- 
tion, greatly  misled  any  one  who  imagined  that  this  was 
accompanied  by  any  lack  of  mental  strength  or  independ- 
ence. 

In  1869  he  delivered  the  annual  address  before  the 
Society  of  Alumni  of  Williams  (of  which  he  was,  by  elec- 
tion in  1875,  president  at  the  time  of  his  death),  advocat- 
ing the  elective  system  in  collegiate  studies;  and  in  1870 
he  received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  his  alma  mater. 

About  the  middle  of  November,  1875,  Judge  Wells 
went  to  Salem  to  hold  a  session  of  his  court,  but,  taking 
cold  on  his  journey,  was  almost  immediately  prostrated  by 
a  severe  attack  of  pneumonia.  His  wife,  overcome  by 
sympathy  and  exposure,  lay  for  some  days  a  helpless  inva- 
lid in  a  room  adjoining  that  where,  in  spite  of  the  best 
medical  advice,  he  was  rapidly  sinking.  He  lingered  a 
few  days  only,  and  died  at  Salem  on  the  24th  of  the 
month. 

His  remains  were  removed  for  interment  to  Brookline, 
where  impressive  funeral  ceremonies  were  held  and  largely 
attended.  Rev.  Prof.  F.  H.  Hedge,  a  previous  pastor  of  the 
deceased,  in  closing  an  impressive  address,  said :  **  The 
moral  atmosphere  of  Judge  Wells  was  one  of  sweetness, 
gentleness,  urbanity,  charity,  and  lowliness.  One  felt 
morally  refined  in  his  presence  and  society.  His  walk  in 
life  was  like  the  steps  of  the  traveller  in  new-fallen  snow — 
it  left  its  imprint,  but  no  stain."  The  pall-bearers  were 
the  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court ;  and  the  remains  of 
their  departed  associate  were  conveyed  to  Forest  Hills  for 
interment. 

A  memorial  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  bar  was  sub- 
sequently held  in  the  Supreme  Court  room  in  Boston,  at 
which  warm  and  sincere  eulogies  were  pronounced  and 
appropriate  resolutions  adopted.  Chief-Justice  Gray  said 
upon  this  occasion :  ''  The  impression  made  by  the  death 
of  Judge  Wells  is  not  confined  to  the  profession  of  which 
he  was  one  of  the  most  honored  and  beloved  members. 
From  every  part  of  the  commonwealth — from  the  western 


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counties,  in  which  he  was  born  and  educated  and  passed 
his  early  manhood  ;  from  Suffolk,  in  which  the  greatest 
part  of  his  judicial  work  was  done  ;  from  Norfolk,  in  which 
was  the  home  of  his  adoption,  and  Essex,  in  which  he  died 
— have  gone  up  voices  of  mourning  and  of  blessing  for  the 
wise  and  just  j  udge,  the  useful  citizen,  the  kind  neighbor, 
the  true  friend.  As  we  vainly  strive  to  express  our  esti- 
mate of  his  worth,  better  words  echo  in  our  ears  and 
come  to  our  lips.  He  did  justly,  he  loved  mercy,  he 
walked  humbly  with  his  God."  Similar  action  was  taken  by 
the  Williams  Association  of  Boston  at  their  annual  meeting 
in  January  following,  when  the  following  resolution  was 
unanimously  adopted  :  "  That  in  the  death  of  Mr.  Justice 
John  Wells,  Williams  College  has  lost  one  of  her  brightest 
jewels, — a  man  in  whom  were  blended  some  of  the  grandest 
attributes  of  humanity,  whose  life  was  an  active  example  of 
one  of  those  just,  generous,  retiring,  yet  affirmative  char- 
acters whose  very  completeness  and  grandeur  of  purpose 
lift  those  who  mourn  his  loss  into  gratitude  that  he  had 
lived  long  enough  to  accomplish  what  he  did.  In  the  death 
of  this  alumnus,  WiUiams  College  has  met  the  irretrievable 
loss  of  a  constant  adviser  and  true  friend ;  yet  in  the 
memory  of  his  life  she  has  an  ornament  of  which  nothing 
can  ever  rob  her,  and  which  she  will  ever  hold  in  deepest 
love  and  veneration."  In  seconding  this  resolution,  Judge 
Colt,  of  the  Supreme  Court,  his  brother  in  K.  A.,  and 
on  the  bench,  said :  **  The  chief  characteristic  of  John  Wells 
was  fidelity  to  duty  in  all  the  various  caUings  of  life ;  and 
no  worthier  son  ever  laid  the  laurels  which  he  won  at  the 
feet  of  his  alma  mater,  and  no  warmer  or  truer  heart  ever 
lay  beneath  the  green  sod  than  his." 

It  may  be  said,  in  conclusion,  of  Judge  Wells's  career, 
that  he  owed  his  success  not  more  to  the  brilliance  of  his 
talents  than  to  diligence  and  fidelity,  sustained  by  good 
sense,  earnest  convictions,  and  clearness  of  intellect.  It 
was  the  fruit  of  an  honorable  and  busy  life,  in  which  he 
had  proved  himself  an  able  lawyer  and  advocate  at  the 
bar,  and  had  won  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  asso- 
ciates and  the  public  for  his  learning,  his  skilful  conduct 


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of  his  cases,  and  his  honorable  and  manly  bearing  in  his 
profession  as  well  as  in  everything  he  undertook.  He 
owed  his  success  far  more  to  self-discipline  and  the  in- 
tellectual growth  of  a  well-balanced  mind  than  to  any 
special  gift  of  genius,  and  his  life  is  an  example  full  of 
encouragement  and  promise  to  young  men  who  have 
yet  a  place  and  a  reputation  to  win. 

He  married,  in  1850,  Sophia,  daughter  of  the  late 
Hon.  Edward  Dwight,  of  Boston,  who,  with  a  daughter 
and  son,  survives  him. 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1837.  Valedictory,  Commence- 
ment, 1838.  Master's  Oration,  1841.  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
1864.     LL.D.,  1870. 

Durfees  Obituary  Record,  1876. 

Am.  Law  Review,  Vol.  X.  No.  2,  p.  365. 

Albany  Law  Journal,  Dec.  4th,  1875. 


*  Hazen  Cheney,  of  Beloit,  Wis.,  son  of  Israel  and 
Priscilla  [Goodell]  Cheney,  was  born  August  loth,  1807,  ^t 
Lunenburg,  Vt.,  a  little  town  near  the  head-waters  of  the 
Connecticut. 

Here  he  remained  at  work  upon  a  farm  until  twenty- 
two  years  of  age,  and  then  undertook  to  obtain  a  liberal 
education.  After  preparation,  he  entered  Williams  in 
1832,  and  was  graduated  in  1836.  While  in  college  he 
commanded  a  respect  and  exercised  an  influence  secured 
by  his  age  and  strong  individuality.  A  feat  which  he  had 
achieved  in  the  way  of  killing  a  bear,  while  visiting  the 
woods  of  Northern  New  Hampshire  with  Professor  Em- 
mons for  the  purpose  of  making  studies  in  natural  history, 
usually  caused  him  to  be  specially  pointed  out  to  new- 
comers. To  these  studies  he  was  much  devoted,  and  it 
was  in  consequence  of  his  efforts  that  the  Natural  History 
Society,  which  has  been  in  successful  operation  ever  since, 
was  founded  in  the  college. 

Mr.  Cheney  is  remembered  by  his  early  associates  as  a 
kindly,  honest,  grave  man,  simple  of  heart  and  slow  of 
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speech,  whose  friendships  were  strong  and  formed  for  life. 
After  graduation  he  spent  a  couple  of  years  in  legal  study 
at  Lancaster,  N.  H.,  and  in  1838  went  to  Beloit,  two  years 
after  the  settlement  of  the  town.  Here  he  practised 
law  and  engaged  in  operations  in  real  estate  for  twenty 
years,  during  a  number  of  which  he  was  law-partner  of 
Hon.  Matthew  Carpenter,  late  U.  S.  Senator  from  Wis- 
consin. In  1857  he  visited  Europe,  remaining  about  a 
year,  greatly  to  his  enjoyment.  In  i860  his  health  had 
become  so  much  affected  by  asthma  that  he  found  it  nec- 
essary to  seek  a  change  of  climate,  went  to  Colorado,  and 
settled  near  Pike's  Peak,  where  he  engaged  in  mining  and 
subsequently  in  stock-raising.  He  lived  alone  in  his  ranch, 
and  it  was  hard  for  one  of  so  social  a  nature  to  give  up  the 
companionship  of  his  friends.  He  studied  the  characters 
of  the  miners  with  whom  he  met,  and  sometimes  found 
among  them  bright  minds  and  warm,  clean  hearts.  He 
made  friends,  too,  of  his  cattle,  talked  to  them,  and  loved 
them.  Thus  he  lived  for  sixteen  years.  In  the  last  sum- 
mer of  his  life,  that  of  1875,  he  revisited  Williamstown  and 
all  the  scenes  of  his  early  life,  and  spoke  of  them  upon  his 
return  to  the  West  with  a  heart  as  warm  and  an  enthusi- 
asm as  fresh  as  in  the  years  when  he  had  first  known 
them.  Then  he  went  back  to  his  lonely  ranch,  where,  in 
the  closing  days  of  the  year,  he  was  stricken  with  paraly- 
sis, of  which  he  died  on  the  2d  of  January,  1876,  at  Cen- 
tral City.  His  remains  were  brought  to  Beloit  and  laid 
with  those  of  his  kindred  in  the  cemetery  there. 

Mr.  Cheney,  although  of  so  social  and  affectionate  a 
nature,  was  never  married.  He  was  a  man  of  strength  and 
resolution ;  plain  in  style,  but  refined  in  thought ;  full  of 
seriousness,  sincerity,  public  spirit,  and  the  love  of  letters. 
*'  The  first  subscription  for  Beloit  College  bore  his  name 
for  a  greater  amount  than  he  was  then  worth,  but  it  was 
paid ;  nor  was  it  his  last.  Reverses  and  death  cut  short 
hopes  which  he  had  fondly  cherished  of  large  bounty  to 
this  and  that  object.  But  such  enthusiasms  cannot  be  in 
vain.    They  are  in  themselves  a  wealth  of  soul.    '  I  mean,' 


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said  he,  '  that  my  heart  shall  never  grow  narrow  ;'  "  and  it 
never  did.  Obituary  Record,  1877,  in  part. 

Junior  Ex.,  1835.     Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1835.     Com- 
mencement, 1836. 


Hon.  Laban  Smith  Sherman,  of  Ashtabula,  O.,  old- 
est son  of  Judge  John  and  Sylvia  [Smith]  Sherman,  of 
Say  brook,  O.,  was  born  in  April,  18 14,  at  North  Adams, 
Mass.,  also  the  birthplace  of  both  his  parents. 

While  a  lad  he  accompanied  his  grandfather's  family 
from  Adams  to  Wayne  County,  N.  Y.,  and  thence  to  On- 
tario. Was  fitted  for  college  at  Canandaigua,  entered 
Williams  in  1833,  and  remained  three  years.  He  then 
went  to  Ashtabula,  entered  the  office  of  M.  M.  Sawtell, 
Esq.,  a  prominent  lawyer  of  that  town,  and  subsequently 
became  a  member  of  the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  where 
he  graduated  in  1839.  ^^  ^^^  soon  after  admitted  to 
practice,  and  during  the  same  year  was  elected  prosecut- 
ing attorney  of  Ashtabula  County,  the  duties  of  whose 
office  he  discharged  creditably  and  satisfactorily.  His 
maiden  speech,  in  an  important  patent  suit,  in  which  he 
was  opposed  to  Messrs.  Wade  and  Ranney,  the  former 
subsequently  U.  S.  Senator  for  many  years,  and  the  latter 
a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  was  pronounced 
one  of  the  strongest  arguments  ever  made  in  the  court 
before  which  it  was  delivered. 

In  1849  M^'-  Sherman  was  again  elected  prosecuting 
attorney.  In  1852  he  was  elected  to  the  State  Senate,  in 
which  he  served  two  terms,  and  was  regarded  one  of  the 
ablest  members.  His  speeches  in  the  debates  on  the  adop 
tion  of  the  present  State  Constitution  were  of  special, 
value,  and  would  have  been  of  still  greater  service  had  he 
permitted  them  to  be  published. 

In  1876  he  was  elected  judge  of  the  Court  of  Common 
Pleas  for  the  district  in  which  he  resides,  and  this  office  he 
now  fills,  with  the  reputation  of  an  able  and  upright  mag- 
istrate. 


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As  a  lawyer,  especially  before  a  jury,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  stands  at  the  head  of  the  bar  of  Northern 
Ohio.  His  manner  is  easy,  yet  dignified  ;  and  although  he 
is  not,  perhaps,  a  finished  orator,  his  readiness  of  percep- 
tion, retentiveness  of  memory,  legal  knowledge,  and  in- 
tense earnestness  render  him  a  most  effective  speaker. 
Before  his  accession  to  the  bench  his  practice  was  very 
large,  extending  beyond  the  limits  of  his  own  State  in  both 
State  and  Federal  courts. 

Judge  Sherman  married,  in  1841,  Mary  E.  Jinks,  of  Say- 
brook,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  had  five  sons  and  three 
daughters  ;  six  of  these  children  are  now  living.     (1881.) 


Joseph  Charles  Pynchon,  m.d.,  of  Springfield,  Mass., 
the  most  influential  living  member  of  a  family  whose 
history  is  closely  and  most  honorably  identified  with 
that  of  the  early  days  of  Springfield  town,  entered 
Williams  College  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1836,  with 
which  he  was  graduated.  He  afterwards  studied,  and  for 
a  short  time  practised,  medicine,  but  soon  entered  upon 
mercantile  pursuits.  At  the  present  time  he  is  president 
of  the  Five  Cent  Savings  Bank,  director  in  other  enter- 
prises, and  engaged  in'a  large  insurance  business.  He  has 
been  frequently  nominated  for  political  offices,  but  these 
trusts  he  has  always  declined.     (1880.) 

M 

EH 

Commencement,  1836. 


1836. 

*  RuFUS  Gibbon  Wells,  of  Palmyra,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Peter  and  Mary  [Smith]  Wells,  was  born  in  Manchester, 
Ontario  County,  same  State,  his  parents'  place  of  resi- 
dence, December  24th,  18 12.  His  father  was  a  native  of 
Cheshire,  and  his  mother  of  Adams,  adjoining  towns  in 
Northern  Berkshire.] 


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This  son,  who  had  given  evidence  of  "  rare  endow- 
ment of  intellect,"  was  fitted  for  college  at  Canandaigua, 
N.  Y.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  September,  1835, 
and  remained  until  past  the  middle  of  his  course,  when  he 
was  transferred  to  Washington  (now  Trinity)  College, 
Hartford,  at  which  he  was  graduated  August  ist,  1839, 
with  excellent  reputation.  He  then  studied  law,  in  1843 
or  '44  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  settled  in  Palmyra, 
where  he  subsequently  formed  a  partnership  with  James 
Peddie,  Esq. ;  and  although  soon  arrested  in  his  profes- 
sional career,  was  enabled  to  show  that  he  "  richly  com- 
manded those  talents  for  forensic  effort  that  might  have 
given  him  an  enviable  position  among  his  brethren  of  the 
bar." 

Mr.  Wells  married,  October  ist,  1839,  Mary  A.  Walden, 
of  North  Adams,  Mass.,  an  excellent  Christian  woman, 
who  died  in  January,  1845.  The  union  had  been  a  most 
happy  one,  and  the  shock  of  this  bereavement  seemed  to 
unnerve  the  survivor  and  to  hurry  him  after  the  partner 
of  his  affections.  He  felt  this  life  cheerless  without  her ; 
the  "  lamp  had  gone  out  in  his  path."  His  health  declined  ; 
he  rencAved  his  Christian  profession,  returned  to  his  fa- 
ther's home,  and  died  of  consumption  May  21st,  1845,  the 
year  of  his  wife's  decease. 

This  popular  member  of  our  Society  was  a  man  "  who 
made  friends  everywhere."  He  was  an  active  worker  in 
his  business,  took  a  warm  interest  in  politics  as  a  member 
of  the  old  Whig  party,  and  by  his  platform  efforts  made 
under  exposure,  in  its  behalf,  probably  laid  the  foundation 
of  the  disease  which  proved  fatal  to  him.  He  took  sides 
always  for  the  right  as  he  saw  it,  religiously  and  morally. 
While  preparing  for  college  he  expressed  a  desire  to  enter 
the  ministry,  but  being  opposed  in  this  by  his  parents,  who 
were  of  the  Quaker  faith,  relinquished  the  idea,  much  to 
his  subsequent  regret,  expressed  upon  his  death-bed.  He 
met  his  end  in  gred.t  peace  and  resignation ;  and  his  en- 
treaties to  the  friends  around  him  to  be  ready,  when 
called,  to  follow  him  were  not  without  their  effect. 

By  his  marriage  Mr.  Wells  had  four  children,  one  of 


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whom  died  at  about  the  same  time  as  its  mother.    Two  of 
those  who  survived  their  father  followed  him  soon  after 
his  decease,  leaving  behind  them  a  sister  who  is  still  living 
and  is  the  wife  of  a  resident  of  North  Adams.    (1880.)  * 
Palmyra  7iewspaper  of  May ^  1845,  in  part. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1836.    Oration,  4th  of  July,  1837.    Jun- 
ior Ex.,  1838.     Commencement  (Washington),  1839. 


JOSIAH  Alban  Mills,  of  Chatham  Village,  Columbia 
County,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Reed  Mills,  was  born  in  Williams- 
town,  July  ist,  1 8 18. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Bennington  Seminary,  en- 
tered Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1835,  and  completed  his 
course  regularly,  but  did  not  receive  his  degree  until 
1842. 

From  1842  to  1858  he  was  engaged  with  his  brother, 
Benjamin  F.,  in  the  management  of  a  preparatory  school, 
now  the  Greylock  Institute,  in  South  Williamstown,  in 
which  many  students  have  been  fitted  for  Williams  Col- 
lege. He  was  next  occupied  for  ten  years  in  legal  prac- 
tice in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  after  which  he  returned  to  Wil- 
liamstown for  three  years ;  was  then  for  a  year  each  in 
Pittsfield  and  Northampton,  and  has  since  resided  in 
Chatham,  engaged  in  legal  practice. 

Mr.  Mills  has  been  thrice  married :  in  1848  to  Sylvia 
M.  Eldridge ;  in  1858,  after  her  decease,  to  Mary  A.  Hu- 
sted,  of  Austerlitz,  N.  Y. ;  and  in  1870,  after  the  death  of 
his  second  wife,  to  Sarah  A.  Darby,  who  is  now  living. 

(Dec,  1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1838. 


*Hon.  HuLBERT  Fellows  Fairchild,  of  Memphis, 
Tenn.,  son  of  Reuben  and  Mellona  Fairchild,  was  born  at 
New  Lisbon,  Otsego  County,  N.  Y.,  October  25th,  181 7. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Oxford,  in  the  same  State, 
entered  the  Sophomore  class  at  Williams  in  1835,  and  left 


1836.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williains.  71 

at  the  beginning  of  Senior  year,  1837.  He  then  went 
to  Louisville,  Ky.,  and  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Messrs. 
Pirtle  &  Speed,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  Decem- 
ber, 1 841,  removed  to  Pocahontas,  Ark.,  and  for  about 
four  years  was  engaged  in  practice  there.  At  the  expira- 
tion of  that  time  went  to  Batesville,  in  the  same  State, 
where  he  resided  until  his  removal  to  St.  Louis  in  1864. 
In  1859,  during  this  residence  in  Batesville,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Chancellor  of  the  State  Court  in  Chancery,  sitting 
at  Little  Rock,  which  position  he  held  until  his  election  by 
the  legislature  in  i860  as  Associate  Justice  of  the  Su- 
preme Court,  the  tribunal  of  last  resort  in  the  State.  This 
position  he  resigned  during  the  civil  war,  removing  to 
St.  Louis,  as  already  mentioned,  and  opening  an  office 
there  with  very  favorable  prospects  of  success,  when  the 
Legislature  of  Missouri  passed  laws  prohibiting  from 
practice  within  the  limits  of  that  State  all  persons  who 
had  held  office  in  any  of  the  Confederate  States.  His 
plans  being  thus  frustrated.  Judge  Fairchild  visited  Eng- 
land and  the  Continent  in  the  summer  of  1865,  partly  for 
business  purposes,  and  upon  his  return  selected  Memphis 
as  his  future  place  of  residence.  But  while  awaiting  the 
completion  of  an  office,  he  started  on  a  trip  to  his  old 
home  in  Batesville,  was  violently  attacked  on  the  way  by 
pneumonia,  and  died  at  Jacksonport,  Ark.,  February  3d, 
1866. 

Judge  Fairchild  was  a  lawyer  of  great  learning,  better 
fitted  by  his  natural  turn  of  mind  for  success  as  a  jurist 
than  as  an  advocate.  In  his  speeches  he  rather  convinced 
than  persuaded.  His  manner  was  sufficiently  impassioned, 
but  his  language  was  somewhat  abstract  for  popular  effect. 
Yet  he  was  very  successful  as  an  advocate,  for  the  weight 
of  his  character  added  double  force  to  what  he  said.  He 
was  a  rapid  and  fluent  writer  in  a  pure  and  classical  style, 
somewhat  involved  at  times,  but  eminently  characteristic 
of  his  manner  of  thinking.  His  tastes  were  literary,  and 
he  kept  up  to  the  last  his  acquaintance  with  the  classics 
as  well  as  a  general  knowledge  of  current  literature.  His 
manners  were  rather  those  of  a  scholar  than  of  a  man  im- 


72  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1B36. 

mersed  in  active  business  ;  but  while  among  strangers  he 
had  an  appearance  of  abstraction  and  earnest  thought, 
among  friends  no  one  could  be  more  genial.  His  temper 
and  mind  alike  exhibited  the  finest  discipline.  His  friend- 
ship was  unalterable,  his  speech  carefully  guarded,  and  he 
rarely  spoke  unkindly  of  any  one,  his  views  of  life  being 
charitable  and  moderate.  He  was  fond  of  out-door  exer- 
cise, always  kept  good  horses,  and  took  much  pride  in 
them ;  was  abstemious  in  his  way  of  life,  and  said  that  he 
had  never  tasted  intoxicating  liquors  of  any  kind  ;  his  only 
intemperance  was  in  keeping  too  late  hours  for  the  pur- 
pose of  study,  as  he  seldom  retired  before  two  or  three 
o'clock  in  the  morning. 

His  moral  rectitude,  sense  of  honor,  and  general  stan- 
dard of  character  were  of  the  highest  type,  and  his  moral 
courage  equal  to  any  emergency.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  his  religion,  by  its  sincerity 
and  freedom  from  ostentation  and  intolerance,  gave  a 
noble  earnestness  and  a  fine  harmony  to  his  character. 
He  was  generous  to  the  poor  and  sympathetic  with  the 
suffering.  From  politics  he  kept  aloof,  except  to  discharge 
the  duty  of  voting,  and  in  that  was  influenced  as  much  by 
the  character  of  the  candidates  as  by  the  principles  they 
professed. 

He  died  in  the  prime  of  life,  but  with  the  utmost  com- 
posure, having  an  abiding  confidence  in  a  better  life  to 
come. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  bar  held  at  Jacksonport,  May  22d, 
1866,  the  following  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted, 
and  was  ordered  to  be  placed  upon  the  records  of  the  Cir- 
cuit Court : 

'*  We,  the  committee  to  whom  it  was  referred  to  pre- 
pare a  suitable  expression  of  the  feelings  of  the  bar  in  re- 
gard to  the  death  of  our  late  friend  and  brother.  Judge  H. 
F.  Fairchild,  respectfully  recommend  that  it  be  declared 
to  be  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that  in  his  death  we  have 
sustained  a  loss  most  detrimental  to  the  profession  and  to 
the  community  at  large,  and  have  endured  a  misfortune 
which  cannot  be  remedied  or  relieved.     That  for  those 


1836.]  Kappa  Alpha  m  Williams,  73 

unusual  virtues  which  exacted  the  admiration  of  all  who 
knew  him  when  living  we  regret  and  lament  him  when 
dead ;  and  that,  in  view  of  our  long  and  pleasant  associa- 
tion with  him,  the  singular  purity  and  consistency  of  his 
life,  his  high  intellectual  endowments,  cultivated  with  the 
most  careful  and  assiduous  attention,  his  great  capacity  as 
a  judge,  his  ability  as  a  lawyer,  the  kindly  and  faithful 
manner  in  which  he  performed  all  the  duties  of  every  re- 
lationship in  life,  true  to  himself  and  hence  true  to  all 
men,  with  a  firm  and  well-established  belief  in  the  truths 
of  religion  which  made  itself  manifest  in  deeds  of  charity 
and  kindness  to  all  men,  without  regard  to  position  or  in- 
fluence, and  man)^  other  virtues  which  added  to  the  pleas- 
ures of  our  long  acquaintance  with  him  and  which  could 
not  have  been  contemplated  by  us  without  our  own  ad- 
vantage and  improvement,  we  cannot  speak  or  reflect  on 
his  untimely  and  unexpected  end  without  exceeding  re- 
gret that  he  should  not  have  been  spared  to  us  at  a  period 
when  we  might  have  been  especially  benefited  by  his 
counsel  and  by  his  example ;  and  that  it  only  remains  for 
us  in  our  bereavement  to  receive  the  lesson  which  is  come 
to  us,  in  this  affliction,  to  cherish  the  memory  of  our  de- 
parted brother,  and  to  endeavor  in  our  several  positions  in 
life  to  emulate  an  example  which  would  have  shed  lustre 
upon  any.  And  to  the  only  survivor  of  the  family  of  our 
friend  we  tender  our  respectful  sympathy  in  the  midst  of 
her  deep  affliction." 

Judge  Fairchild  married,  September  14th,  1841,  Cla- 
rissa Bulkley,  of  Williamstown,  and  by  this  marriage  he 
had  a  daughter  and  three  sons,  all  of  whom  died  before 
him — the  sons  in  infancy,  and  the  daughter  at  the  age  of 
twelve  years,  while  attending  school  in  Ballston,  N.  Y. 
These  afflictions  were  felt  by  him  with  all  the  grief  of  a 
nature  unusually  sensitive ;  but  he  bore  them  with  a  reso- 
lution and  constancy  that  surprised  those  who  knew  him 
best. 

He  received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
from  WiUiams  College  in  1858. 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1837. 


74  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1836. 

*  Austin  Adams  Howard,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Daniel  and  Martha  [Sherman]  Howard,  both  natives  of 
Vermont,  was  born  at  Covington, Wyoming  County,  N.  Y., 
April  23d,  1816. 

Early  manifesting  a  desire  for  professional  life,  he  pre- 
pared, with  the  best  facilities  he  could  command,  for  col- 
lege, entered  WiUiams  in  1835,  and  was  graduated  in  1839. 
He  soon  after  entered  the  law-office  of  Judge  John  B. 
Skinner,  in  Wyoming,  completed  his  preparation  in  that 
of  Potter  &  Spaulding,  in  Buffalo,  in  1842,  and  was 
thereupon  admitted  to  practice.  That  he  was  faithful  in 
this  preliminary  work  is  manifest  from  the  fact  that  at  the 
dissolution  of  this  firm  he  was  sought  by  both  its  mem- 
bers as  an  associate  in  business.  He  accepted  the  offer  of 
General  Potter,  with  whom  he  was  connected  for  several 
years.  Subsequently  he  devoted  himself  for  the  most 
part  to  office- work,  chiefly  in  legal  business  relating  to 
transactions  in  real  estate.  The  members  of  the  Buffalo 
bar,  at  a  meeting  held  in  honor  of  his  memory,  testified 
to  his  industry,  his  extraordinary  care  and  method,  and 
his  faithfulness  to  his  clients.  He  was  valued  as  a  rehable 
friend,  eminently  sensible,  sound  in  judgment,  generous, 
kind,  and  affectionate  in  disposition,  proverbial  for  indus- 
try, frugality,  and  sobriety.  He  was  more  profound  than 
brilliant,  and  was  pre-eminently  a  man  of  refined  literary 
taste  and  culture.  Socially  he  stood  in  the  front  rank,  as 
a  gentleman  of  the  old  school.  But  as  a  son,  husband, 
and  father  he  was  best  known  and  most  beloved.  To  his 
aged  mother,  now  in  her  eighty-eighth  year,  he  still  re- 
membered, amidst  the  weakness  and  pain  of  his  own  last 
sickness,  to  send  the  birthday  letter,  although  written  by 
the  hand  of  another,  and  the  gift  which  it  had  been  his 
custom  to  forward  to  her. 

Although  not  a  church-member,  he  was  constant  and 
devout  in  his  attendance  upon  the  ordinances  of  worship, 
based  his  hope  of  eternal  life  wholly  on  Christ  as  the 
Saviour  of  sinners,  kept  the  Bible  constantly  at  his  side 
upon  his  bed  during  his  illness,  and  so  was  able  to  pass  ia 
peace  through  the  valley  and  shadow  of  death. 


1836.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  75 

He  departed  this  life  on  the  ist  of  September,  1879, 
after  a  long  sickness  of  complicated  character,  affecting- 
the  heart  and  other  organs,  and  was  buried  in  Forest  Lawn 
Cemetery. 

Mr.  Howard  married,  in  1846,  Harriet  C,  daughter  of 
Peter  Curtiss,  of  Buffalo  ;  and  in  1858,  after  her  decease, 
Sarah  Peacock,  niece  of  the  late  Judge  Peacock,  of  May- 
ville,  N.  Y.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had  four  children, 
two  of  whom  are  still  living,  and  by  his  second  also  four, 
of  whom  three  survive.     (Dec,  1879.) 

Commencement,  1835. 


Rev.  William  Porter,  Professor  of  Latin  in  Beloit 
College,  Beloit,  Wis.,  oldest  son  of  Hon.  William  and 
Mary  A.  [Quincy]  Porter,  was  born  at  Lee,  Mass.,  his 
parents'  home,  January  loth,  1820.  His  father,  a  graduate 
of  Williams,  was  a  distinguished  member  of  the  Berkshire 
bar,  and  for  many  years  a  Trustee  of  the  college.  The 
son  succeeding  to  his  name  was  fitted  for  the  collegiate 
course  at  Hopkins  and  Lenox  academies,  the  former  at 
Hadley,  Mass.;  entered  Williams  in  1835,  maintained  a 
high  rank  in  scholarship,  and  was  graduated  in  1839.  ^^ 
then  studied  law  for  one  year  in  his  father's  office,  after 
which  he  entered  upon  a  theological  course,  taking  his 
first  year  at  Andover  and  the  remainder  in  Union  Semi- 
nary, New  York,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1843.  His 
health  having  become  impaired,  he  then  spent  two  years 
in  Florida  and  Georgia,  seeking  restoration,  and  in  1850 
went  to  Marietta,  O.,  where  he  remained  two  years,  en- 
gaged in  teaching  in  the  college  there.  In  1852  he  became 
Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Beloit  College,  then  just 
established,  and  after  serving  five  years  in  that  department 
was  appointed  to  the  Professorship  of  the  Latin  Language, 
in  which  he  has  remained  until  the  present  time,  a  period 
of  twenty-four  years,  spending  a  year,  during  1873-74,  in 
European  travel. 

In  1854  Professor  Porter  married  Ellen  G.  Chapin,  of 


76  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1836. 

New  York,  sister  of  the  President  of  Beloit  College,  and 
by  this  marriage  he  has  three  children  now  living.    (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1837.  Latin  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1838. 
Commencement,  1839.  A.M.  in  course.  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
(Honorary,)  1867. 


Hon.  James  Denison  Colt,  ll.d.,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
son  of  Ezekiel  R.  and  Electa  [Campbell]  Colt — natives 
respectively  of  Pittsfield  and  Lenox — and  brother  of 
Hon.  Thomas  Colt  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Pittsfield, 
October  8th,  18 19.  "■  His  parents  were  classed  among  the 
excellent  families  in  that  good  old  town." 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  town  common  schools, 
entered  Williams  in  1834,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  and  grad- 
uated in  1 838.  Immediately  afterward  he  went  to  Northern 
Mississippi,  where  he  was  engaged  in  teaching  for  the 
next  two  years.  Returning  North  in  1840,  he  studied  law 
with  Hon.  Julius  Rockwell,  of  Pittsfield,  and  at  the  Har 
vard  Law  School;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1842,  and 
at  once  formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  Rockwell,  which 
continued  until  1859.  ^^  that  year  both  he  and  his  partner 
were  appointed  to  the  bench  of  the  Superior  Court,  a 
position  which  Mr.  Colt  declined,  preferring  to  remain  in 
practice.  In  1865  he  accepted  an  appointment  to  the 
Supreme  Court,  under  which  he  served  until  the  follow- 
ing year,  during  which  he  resigned  his  seat  in  conse- 
quence of  ill  health.  In  1868  he  was  again  appointed  to 
the  same  position,  which  he  still  occupies. 

In  1853  and  '54  Judge  Colt  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature  and  acted  as  Chairman  of  the  Judiciary  Com- 
mittee. In  1 86 1  delivered  the  oration  before  the  Wil- 
liams Alumni.  In  1862  was  elected  Trustee  of  the  college 
in  place  of  Governor  Briggs,  deceased ;  and  in  1870 
received  the  degree  of  LL.D.  from  his  alma  mater. 

About  1850,  during  his  partnership  with  Judge  Rock- 
well, he  became  Professor  of  Medical  Jurisprudence  in  the 


1836.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  77 

Berkshire  Medical  School,  and  lectured  one  or  two  sea- 
sons. 

He  married,  June  loth,  1857,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  S, 
C.  Gilbert,  of  Oswego  County,  N.  Y.,  and  has  had  by  this 
marriage  six  children,  of  whom  five,  two  sons  and  three 
daughters,  are  now  living.    (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1836.  Junior  Ex.,  1837.  Prest.  Philo- 
technian.  Commencement,  1838.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  (Hon- 
orary,) 1865.     LL.D.,  1870. 


^  Moses  Cowan  Robinson,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Henry  and  Martha  [Haynes]  Robinson,  of  Benningtoa 
Centre,  Vt.,  was  born  August  21st,  18 16. 

He  died  at  Tewksbury,  Mass.,  October  12th,  1877,  and 
is  buried  at  Bennington. 

His  health  compelled  him  to  leave  his  class  (that  of 
1839)  jus^  before  Commencement,  but  he  took  his  degree 
in  1844.  He  was  a  lawyer  by  profession,  but  most  of  his 
life  he  spent  in  teaching.  At  one  time  he  was  teacher  of 
Greek  and  Latin  in  Burr  Seminary,  at  Manchester,  Vt. 
He  was  a  very  fine  scholar  in  the  classics,  and  eminently 
successful  in  communicating  his  acquisitions  to  others. 
He  was  never  married,  making  his  home  with  friends,, 
whom  he  seemed  to  find  and  make  wherever  he  lived. 
Impulsive  by  temperament,  genial  in  society,  full  of  enthu- 
siasm, he  attracted  attention  always.  He  was  not  mucli 
within  reach  of  old  college  friends,  but  often  spoke  of 
them  with  kindly  recollections  when  he  read  their  names, 
and  knew  their  honors.  (Communicated^ 


*  Calvin  Gideon  Martin,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
Calvin  and  Mary  [Campbell]  Martin,  brother  of  George 
C.  Martin,  and  cousin  of  Hons.  James  D.  and  Thomas 
Colt  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Pittsfield,  his  parents'  home,. 
August  27th,  1820;  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  native 
town,  entered  Williams   in   1835,  and   was  graduated  in 


78  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1836. 

1839.  ^^  afterwards  studied  law  with  his  father,  but 
died  of  consumption,  November  6th,  1842,  at  the  age  of 
twenty-two,  and  just  about  the  time  when  he  had  ex- 
pected to  begin  his  professional  career.  He  was  much 
esteemed  as  a  very  genial  companion  and  friend.  Was 
unmarried. 

Junior  Ex.,  1838. 


1837. 

Hon.  Francis  Henshaw  Dewey,  ll.d.,  of  Worcester, 
Mass.,  son  of  Hon.  Charles  A.  and  Frances  [Henshaw] 
Dewey,  of  Northampton,  was  born  in  Williamstown,  July 
22d,  1 82 1.  His  father,  a  native  of  Williamstown  and  son 
of  a  justice  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massachusetts,  was 
for  many  years  a  member  of  the  same  court,  as  well  as  a 
Trustee  of  Williams  College,  of  which  he  was  a  graduate. 
His  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Judge  Samuel  Henshaw, 
of  Northampton,  of  the  Massachusetts  Court  of  Common 
Pleas. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Round  Hill  School,  in  Northampton,  Mount  Pleasant 
School,  in  Amherst,  and  at  a  private  school  in  Pittsfield. 
He  entered  Williams  in  1836,  was  graduated  in  1840,  and 
studied  law  at  Yale  and  Harvard  Law  Schools  and  with 
Hon.  Emory  Washburn,  in  Worcester,  where  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  1843  ^^^^  has  ever  since  continued 
to  reside.  Upon  admission  he  became  Mr.  Washburn's 
partner,  but  subsequently  formed  other  professional  con- 
nections. In  1855  and  1868  he  was  elected  Senator  from 
Worcester  County,  and  he  served  as  Chairman  of  the 
Judiciary  Committee  during  both  terms.  In  February, 
1869,  was  appointed  a  justice  of  the  Superior  Court,  and 
the  same  year  was  chosen  a  Trustee  of  the  college,  which 
in  1874  bestowed  upon  him  the  degree  of  LL.D.  He  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  American  Antiquarian  Society  in 


1 83 7-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  79 

1869,  and  has  been  president  of  the  Worcester  County 
Horticultural  Society,  the  Mechanics'  Bank,  and  the  Nor- 
wich and  Worcester  Railroad,  as  well  as  director  in  many 
other  corporations. 

During-  the  present  month  (February,  1881)  Judge 
Dewey  has  resigned  his  seat  upon  the  bench  in  order  to 
obtain  leisure  for  his  personal  affairs ;  and  upon  this  occa- 
sion the  governor  of  the  State  has  expressed  his  regret 
by  letter  ''  that  the  Commonwealth  is  to  lose  the  services 
of  one  who  for  twelve  years  has  been  so  efficient,  ready, 
and  learned  a  judge,  and  has  added  distinction  to  a  name 
already  illustrious  in  her  judicial  annals." 

Judge  Dewey  married,  November  2d,  1846,  Frances 
A.,  only  daughter  of  John  Clarke,  Esq.,  of  Northampton  ; 
and  after  her  decease,  on  the  26th  of  April,  1853,  Sarah 
B.,  only  daughter  of  George  A.  Tufts  ;  and  by  his  second 
marriage  he  has  four  children  living.  His  brothers,  Hon. 
Charles  A.  and  Dr.  George  C,  his  three  sons,  Francis  H., 
Jr.,  John  C,  and  George  T.,  and  his  cousin  Daniel  Dewey, 
as  well  as  his  cousins  Charles  D.  and  George  F.  Betts,  all 
graduated  at  Williams  and  followed  him  in  his  connection 
with  our  Society,  of  which  (Incorporated)  he  was  in  1879- 
80  fourth  president. 

Junior  Ex.,  1839.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1839.  Pi"est.  Phi- 
lologian.  Commencement,  1840.  Master's  Oration,  1843. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  (Honorary,)  1867.     LL.D.,  1874. 


*  Charles  Dewey  Betts,  of  New  York  City,  brother 
of  George  T.  Betts  and  cousin  of  Judges  F.  H.  and  C.  A. 
and  Dr.  G.  C.  Dewey  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Newburg, 
N.  Y.,  July  6th,  1820.  He  was  the  son  of  Hon.  Samuel  R. 
Betts,  of  New  York,  a  graduate  of  Williams  in  the  class  of 
1806,  and  for  many  years  judge  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court 
for  the  Southern  District  of  New  York.  His  mother  was 
the  sister  of  Judge  C.  A.  Dewey,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Massachusetts. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  New  York,  entered  Wil- 


8o  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1837. 

Hams  in  1835,  and  was  graduated  in  1839.  Studied  law  in 
the  office  of  Daniel  Lord,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  and  was 
duly  admitted  to  practice  in  that  city.  He  was  then  ap- 
pointed clerk  of  the  court  over  which  his  father  presided, 
and  occupied  that  position  until  his  death,  which  occurred 
January  13th,  1845,  ^^id  was  the  result  of  a  severe  cold 
caught  while  travelUng.     He  was  unmarried. 

His  brother  says  of  him :  "  He  was,  I  think,  one  of  the 
most  ardent  and  devoted  members  of  K.  A.  that  I  ever 
knew,  and  took  a  deep  interest  in  all  that  affected  the 
prosperity  of  the  Society." 


*  Edmund  Augustus  Benedict,  of  Irvington,  N.  Y., 
son  of  Lewis  and  Susan  [Stafford]  Benedict,  and  brother 
of  Henry  M.  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Albany,  his  parents' 
home,  February  nth,  1820.  Was  fitted  for  college  at 
Albany  Academy,  entered  Williams  in  1836,  and  was 
graduated  in  1840.  He  was  then  engaged  in  business  in 
Albany  for  some  years,  and  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Hunt  aid  on  his  staff.  During  his  term  of  office  his  most 
interesting  service  was  that  of  tendering  the  hospitalities  of 
the  State  to  Kossuth,  upon  the  occasion  of  his  visit  to  the 
capital.  In  1856  he  removed  to  the  city  of  New  York, 
joined  the  Stock  Exchange,  and  became  a  member  of  the 
banking  house  of  J.  N.  Perkins  &  Co. ;  and  on  the  4th 
December,  1857,  married  Lucy  B.,  daughter  of  his  senior 
partner,  then  residing  at  Norwich,  Conn. 

After  the  dissolution  of  the  firm,  and  in  the  fall  of  1871, 
Mr.  Benedict  went  to  Europe  with  his  family  for  the  bene- 
fit of  his  health,  and  remained  abroad  until  the  spring  of 
1873.  Upon  his  return  he  settled  at  Irvington  on  the 
Hudson,  where  he  lived  very  quietly  and  in  declining 
health  until  his  death,  August  nth,  1878,  when  he  found 
that  rest  with  his  Saviour  for  which  he  had  long  prayed. 
He  was  interred  at  Norwich.  His  wife,  a  son,  and  a 
daughter  survive  him.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1839.     Commencement,  1840. 


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^  Thomas  Thornton  Read,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Thomas  and  Hannah  [Parsons]  Read,  was  born  at  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  December  3d,  1825. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  at  the  age  of  twelve,  but 
delayed  entering  about  a  year  on  account  of  his  youth, 
and  then  became  a  member  of  Williams,  whence  he  was 
graduated  in  1841  with  the  Greek  Oration,  an  unusual  ap- 
pointment. After  graduation  he  engaged  for  some  years 
in  business  in  the  city  of  New  York,  which  became  his 
home,  eventually  retiring  and  availing  himself  largely  of 
the  pleasures  of  foreign  travel.  He  was  noticeable  for  an 
unusually  fine  physique,  and  while  in  Sweden  his  remark- 
able personal  resemblance  to  the  late  king,  Charles  XV. 
of  that  country,  subjected  him  to  many  public  and  private 
attentions  founded  upon  it.  So  much  was  said  on  the 
subject  that  the  sovereign  referred  to  sent  his  own 
picture  to  Mr.  Read  and  requested  that  of  the  latter  in 
return. 

In  the  summer  of  1874  he  suffered  an  attack  of  pneu- 
monia, which  was  followed  in  the  fall  by  a  severe  cold, 
terminating  in  a  fatal  access  of  heart-disease.  He  died  on 
the  2 1  St  of  December  in  that  year,  in  the  full  enjoyment 
of  the  comfort  of  a  religious  hope. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  had  far  higher  claims  to  the 
regard  of  those  who  knew  him  than  any  founded  on  mere 
attractiveness  of  person.  He  was  remarkable  for  his  native 
modesty,  courteous  address,  amiability  of  disposition,  lib- 
erality, refined  taste,  and  general  elevation  of  character. 
He  had  a  retentive  memory,  and  was  especially  fond  of 
the  classics,  so  that  the  presentation  to  his  alma  mater  of 
the  scholarship  which  bears  his  name  was  characteristic 
aUke  of  his  generosity  and  his  taste.     He  was  unmarried. 

Obituary  Record,  1874-5,  mainly. 

Commencement,  1841, 


*  Rev.  Melzer  Montague,  of  Allen's   Grove,   Wis., 
son  of  Daniel  and    Lovisa  [James]  Montague,  was  born 
6 


82  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1837. 

at   Westhampton,    Mass.,   his  parents'   home,    May    5th, 
1818. 

He  was  prepared  for  college  in  his  native  town  and  in 
the  Shelburne  Falls  Academy,  entered  Williams  in  1837, 
and  was  graduated  in  1841  with  the  Philosophical  Oration. 
While  in  college  it  was  his  custom  to  teach  school  during 
each  winter,  and  he  thus,  doubtless,  laid  the  foundation, 
in  part,  of  his  subsequent  success  as  an  instructor. 

After  spending  the  year  following  graduation  in  teach- 
ing and  in  study,  he  entered  the  Middle  class  at  East 
Windsor  Theological  Seminary,  with  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1844.  In  October  of  that  year  was  ordained  at 
Easthampton,  and  was  thereupon  sent  by  the  young  men 
of  the  place  as  a  home  missionary  to  Wisconsin,  where,  in 
the  following  month,  he  became  pastor  of  the  Fort  Atkin- 
son Congregational  church.  In  this  charge  he  remained 
about  ten  years,  receiving  a  few  boys  into  his  family  for 
instruction,  from  time  to  time.  At  the  end  of  that  period, 
being  compelled  by  an  affection  of  the  throat  to  withdraw 
from  pulpit  work,  he  opened  a  school  in  the  same  town, 
and  he  subsequently  taught  for  a  year  at  Whitewater,  and 
for  another,  following,  in  Beloit  College.  He  then  took 
charge  of  the  Congregational  church  at  Milton  in  the  same 
State,  teaching  also  for  one  year  in  the  academy  there, 
and  for  another  in  a  private  school.  Finally,  in  1858, 
under  strong  inducement,  he  became  Principal  of  the 
academy  at  Allen's  Grove,  in  which  he  accomplished 
some  of  the  most  laborious  and  successful  work  of  his  life, 
and  with  which  he  was  connected  for  a  period  of  about 
fourteen  years,  deducting  one  year  devoted  to  instruction 
in  Ripon  College. 

Throughout  his  life  as  a  teacher  he  was  more  or  less 
engaged  in  preaching,  and  in  the  summer  of  1866  he  de- 
livered a  poem  at  Westhampton  on  the  occasion  of  a 
general  reunion  of  the  town. 

During  the  last  three  years  of  his  life  Mr.  Montague 
was  Superintendent  of  Schools  for  the  county  in  which  he 
resided,  and  it  was  while  in  the  discharge  of  his  duties  as 
such  that  he  met  with  the  accident  which  occasioned  his 


1 83 7-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  Z}^ 

death.  On  the  27th  of  December,  1872,  he  set  out  from 
home  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  some  schools  in  a  distant 
part  of  his  county.  He  had  inspected  one  of  these  and 
was  on  his  way  to  another  when  he  was  thrown  from  his 
sleigh,  and  was  found  lying  insensible  by  the  side  of  the 
road.  He  was  removed  to  a  neighboring  house,  medical 
aid  was  summoned,  no  outward  injury  was  found,  and  the 
physician  judged  the  case  to  be  one  of  paralysis.  He  was 
then  taken  to  Elkhorn  for  better  care,  but  never  rallied, 
and  on  the  30th  of  December,  after  having  shown,  by  a 
slight  pressure  of  the  hand,  some  sign  of  recognition  to 
his  wife  only,  he  passed  away.  On  the  2d  of  January  in 
the  new  year  he  was  buried  in  Evergreen  Cemetery  at 
Fort  Atkinson. 

Thus  he  departed  "  as  any  good  man  might  be  willing 
to  die,  in  the  midst  of  his  work  and  in  the  height  of  his 
usefulness,  sincerely  mourned  by  many  loving  hearts, 
having  left  an  imperishable  though  unwritten  record  of 
his  life  in  the  characters  and  lives  of  the  hundreds  of 
youth  who  came  under  his  influence  and  training." 

Mr.  Montague's  religious  life  was  begun  by  public 
consecration  of  himself  at  the  age  of  thirteen  years. 
''  It  was  not  emotional,  but  of  principle ;  not  obtrusive, 
but  deep  and  sincere ;  not  stagnant,  but  growing."  His 
chosen  field  was  that  of  the  ministry,  but  he  was  led  by 
Providence  into  the  work  of  education,  and  in  this  he  was 
eminently  useful ;  so  that  his  name  is  often  mentioned 
with  gratitude  by  those  who  came  under  his  influence. 

Mr.  Montague  married,  in  May  1845,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Enoch  Hale,  who  was  for  over  fifty  years  pastor 
of  the  church  in  Westhampton.  They  had  no  children, 
but  two  adopted  daughters  became  as  their  own  to  them. 
Mrs.  Montague  now  resides  at  CUnton,  Wis.     {1880.) 

Minutes  of  the  Presbyterian  and  Congregational  Conven- 
tion of  Wisconsin  J  held  at  Eau  Claire^  Sept.,  1873,  in  part, 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1840.  Prest.  Philotechnian. 
Philosophical,  Commencement,  1841. 


84  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1837. 

*  Benjamin  Wilcox,  of  South  Bend,  Ind.,  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Rachel  Wilcox, — her  name  before  marriage 
also, — was  born  at  Upper  Middletown  (now  Cornwall), 
Conn.,  May  i8th,  18 16.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  accom- 
panied his  father's  family  in  its  removal  to  Le  Roy,  N.  Y., 
and  about  that  time  made  his  first  essay  in  teaching. 
Always  desirous  of  acquiring  knowledge,  he  used,  when 
a  boy,  to  fasten  a  book  before  him  on  the  plough  he  was 
driving,  in  order  to  study  while  he  worked.  After  prepa- 
ration at  the  academy  in  Clarkson,  N.  Y.,  he  entered  the 
Freshman  class  in  Williams,  in  which  he  stood  high  as  a 
scholar,  although  obliged  from  time  to  time  to  interrupt 
his  course  and  teach  awhile  in  order  to  procure  means  for 
continuing  it.  Succeeding  in  this,  he  was  graduated  with 
his  class  in  1841. 

Having  relinquished  his  original  purpose  of  studying 
for  the  medical  profession,  he  adopted  that  of  teaching,  as 
more  desirable  for  him,  and  in  this  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  After  a  brief  engagement  in  Yates,  N.  Y.,  he 
.taught  for  eleven  years  in  the  Wilson  (Wis.)  Collegiate 
Institute,  and  for  six  in  Valparaiso,  Ind.,  and  in  1870 
took  charge  of  the  High  School  at  South  Bend,  in  which 
he  filled  the  position  of  Principal  during  the  remainder  of 
his  life,  to  great  and  general  acceptance.  As  a  teacher  he 
was  laborious  and  progressive,  giving  his  best  thought 
and  the  full  extent  of  his  abilit}^  to  his  pupils.  Thus,  pos- 
sessing naturally  the  gift  of  a  fine  taste,  he  became  him- 
self a  man  of  learning  and  culture,  constantly  adding  to 
his  mental  resources  and  graces.  Throughout  his  life  he 
was  an  earnest  Christian,  a  very  valuable  member  of  the 
church,  in  which  he  was  at  the  time  of  his  decease  an 
elder,  and  influential  in  the  community  at  large.  His 
whole  nature  was  genial  and  kindly,  and  it  was  the  best 
possible  tribute  to  his  character  and  competence  for  his 
work  that  those  who  had  enjoyed  the  privilege  of  receiv- 
ing his  instructions  themselves  desired  for  their  children 
the  same  advantage. 

Early  in  the  summer  of  1875  Mr.  Wilcox,  accompanied 
by  his  wife,  visited  the  East  for  the  benefit  of  his  health, 


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but  upon  reaching  the  sea-shore  found  the  change  un- 
favorable. They  then  returned  as  far  as  Le  Roy,  but 
upon  the  way  he  had  become  much  worse,  and  he  lived 
only  a  few  days  after  reaching  the  residence  of  his  sister 
in  that  place,  dying  there  upon  the  nth  of  August.  His 
remains  were  taken  home  to  South  Bend,  where  his  fune- 
ral was  attended  by  a  great  multitude,  the  whole  commu- 
nity uniting  in  its  observance.  The  services  were  held 
in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church ;  and  had  the  edifice 
been  twice  as  large,  it  would  hardly  have  accommodated 
the  crowd  of  former  pupils,  associates  in  educational  work 
and  in  official  position,  and  of  other  friends,  which  assem- 
bled upon  this  occasion  of  general  mourning.  An  appro- 
priate discourse  was  preached,  and  so  large  a  procession 
followed  the  remains  of  the  deceased  to  the  cemetery  that 
it  made  '*  an  imposing  parade,  such  as  was  not  often  seen 
in  their  streets." 

In  March,  1843,  Mr.  Wilcox  married  Harriet  M. 
Parmlee  ;  after  her  decease  he  married  her  sister,  Carrie 
E.  Parmlee,  and  by  each  of  these  marriages  he  had  three 
children. 

He  belonged  to  both  the  Masonic  Order  and  that  of 
the  Odd  Fellows. 

South  Bend  Tribune ,  Aug.  21st,  1875,  condensed. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1838.  Commencement,  1841.  A.M. 
in  course,  and  honorary,  (Geneva,)  1844. 


*  Rev.  William  Riley  Stevens,  of  Rochester,  Minn., 
son  of  William  and  Eunice  [Pierce]  Stevens,  was  born  at 
Worthington,  Mass.,  his  parents'  home.  May  15th,  1812. 
His  father  was  a  thorough  New  England  farmer,  with  a 
family  of  thirteen  children,  all  of  whom  became  adults. 
His  mother,  a  superior  woman,  was  well  educated  for  her 
time,  faithful  in  her  domestic  affairs,  and  careful  to  train 
up  her  family  in  the  fear  of  the  Lord.  She  was  Mr. 
Stevens's  second  wife,  and  only  six  of  his  children  were 
also  hers  ;  but  she  regarded  them  all  as  her  own,  and  they 
reciprocated  her  love  alike. 


86  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1837. 

When  about  sixteen  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this 
sketch  became  converted,  and  he  soon  began  to  look  to- 
wards the  ministerial  profession.  Although  the  com- 
mencement of  his  college  preparation  was  delayed  until 
he  had  attained  majority,  he  adhered  with  increasing 
earnestness  to  his  purpose,  was  duly  fitted  for  his  course 
through  much  toil  and  self-sacrifice,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  1837,  ^^<^  ^^s  graduated  in  1841,  with  an 
oration  on  Greylock — a  subject  not,  perhaps,  without  some 
sly  allusion  to  his  own  towering  height.  He  at  once  took 
his  theological  course  at  Lane  Seminary,  Cincinnati,  was 
graduated  in  1844,  and  entered  upon  his  work  at  Lo- 
gansport,  Ind.,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  Was 
then  settled  at  Akron,  O.,  for  two  years,  at  Newton  Falls, 
same  State,  five  years,  at  Thornton,  Ind.,  a  year  and  a 
half,  at  River  Falls,  Wis.,  seven  years,  and  at  Rochester 
four  years,  over  churches  of  the  Congregational  denomina- 
tion, and  died  at  Rochester,  of  heart-disease,  January  15th, 
1867. 

Mr.  Stevens  was  a  man  of  very  marked  characteristics. 
In  person  he  was  thought  to  bear  a  strong  resemblance  to 
President  Lincoln.  However  that  may  have  been,  his 
gigantic  stature,  six  feet  and  seven  inches,  attracted  the 
notice  of  all  who  saw  him.  Hawthorne,  in  his  "  American 
Note  Books,"  says  that  among  a  party  of  students  from 
Williams  which  he  saw  in  North  Adams,  about  Com- 
mencement in  1838,  "  one  was  six  feet  seven  inches  high, 
and  all  his  Herculean  dimensions  were  in  proportion. 
His  features,  too,  were  cast  in  a  mould  suitable  to  his 
stature.  His  motions  were  devoid  of  grace,  but  yet  had  a 
rough  freedom,  appropriate  enough  to  such  a  figure."  This 
description  must  have  referred  to  our  subject,  for  there 
could  hardly  have  been  two  such  prodigies  in  the  college 
at  about  the  same  time,  if  indeed  there  ever  was  another. 
He  did  not,  however,  allow  himself  to  be  annoyed  by  the 
notice  he  attracted,  but  took  it  in  the  best  part.  It  is  re- 
lated that  while  on  his  way  to  River  Falls  for  settlement 
he  stopped  at  the  town  of  Prescott,  Wis.,  one  night.  The 
next  morning,  while  walking  out  to  see  the  town,  he  per- 


1 83 7']  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  87 

ceived  that  he  was  the  observed  of  all  observers  then 
abroad,  one  of  whom  called  out  to  him,  **  I  say,  stranger, 
where  did  you  lodge  last  night?"  With  the  utmost 
gravity  he  replied,  "  My  head  lodged  in  Barker's  Hotel, 
and  my  feet  in  infinite  space." 

Mr.  Stevens  was  an  able,  faithful,  and  successful  laborer, 
an  earnest  worker  in  the  temperance,  anti-slavery,  and 
education  causes,  a  wise  master-builder,  a  workman  that 
needed  not  to  be  ashamed.  His  seven  years  of  effort  in 
River  Falls  were  attended  by  repeated  revivals  and  large 
accessions  to  the  church.  At  Rochester,  after  long  exer- 
tion, he  secured  for  the  Congregational  society  a  beauti- 
ful and  substantial  edifice,  which  was  dedicated  the  even- 
ing before  his  death.  His  last  audible  utterance  was, 
"  Come,  Jesus." 

Mr.  Stevens  married,  in  1845,  Louisa  Cook,  of  Wil- 
liamstown,  who  died  in  185 1,  during  their  residence  in 
River  Falls,  leaving  a  son  and  a  daughter  who  are  still 
living.  He  afterwards  married  Lamira  Hales,  of  Wind- 
ham, O.,  who  survives  him.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1841. 


*  Garwood  Thaddeus  Sheldon,  of  Detroit,  Mich., 
son  of  Dr.  William  and  Mrs.  Harriet  Sheldon,  was  born 
at  Le  Roy,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  place  of  residence,  March 
loth,  1820.  Was  fitted  for  college  in  part  at  the  academy, 
and  in  part  by  the  rector  of  the  Episcopal  church,  in  his 
native  town;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1836,  and 
was  graduated  in  1840. 

He  then  went  to  Detroit,  his  home  for  the  future,  and 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  E.  C.  Seaman,  Esq.,  whose 
partner  he  afterwards  became.  Subsequently  he  was  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Wilcox,  Sheldon  &  Gray.  He 
was  a  lawyer  of  good  abilities,  excelling  especially  in 
chancery  cases,  and  was  for  years  an  honored  and  suc- 
cessful practitioner.  But  a  constitutional  tendency  to 
consumption  cast  a  cloud  about  his  career  and  blighted 


88  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1837. 

all  his  plans.  For  the  last  ten  years  of  his  life  he  ceased 
to  be  engaged  in  active  practice,  and  he  died  on  the  14th 
of  January,  1870.  Remarks  in  honor  of  his  memory  were 
made  by  several  of  his  professional  brethren  before  the 
Wayne  Circuit  Court,  which  thereupon  adjourned. 

Mr.  Sheldon  was  a  man  of  retiring  but  social  disposi- 
tion, strong  in  his  attachments  and  ever  inclined  to  make 
himself  agreeable,  even  under  the  depressing  influences 
which  weighed  upon  him.  Enemies  he  had  none,  and  the 
number  of  his  friends  was  identical  with  that  of  his  ac- 
quaintances. 

He  married  a  sister  of  Hon.  H.  H.  Emerson,  of  Detroit, 
who  with  four  children  survived  him. 

Junior  Ex.,  1839.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1840.  Com- 
mencement, 1840. 


1838. 

Hon.  Charles  Phillips  Waller,  of  Honesdale,  Pa., 
brother  of  Rev.  D.  J.  and  of  G.  G.  Waller  (see  Index),  was 
born  in  the  Wyoming  Valley,  Pa.,  near  Wilkesbarre,  Au- 
gust 7th,  1 819. 

He  entered  Williams  in  1837,  as  Freshman,  but  left 
college  at  the  end  of  his  Sophomore  year,  studied  law 
with  his  uncle,  Judge  Collins,  of  Wilkesbarre,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  August,  1843,  shortly  after  which 
he  removed  to  Honesdale,  where  he  soon  built  up  a  large 
practice  and  has  since  continued  to  reside. 

In  November,  1874,  Mr.  Waller  was  elected  President 
Judge  of  the  Twenty-second  Judicial  District  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, to  hold  the  office  for  ten  years  from  the  ist  of  Jan- 
uary following.  This  position  he  now  fills.  In  1852  he 
served  as  Presidential  Elector  for  his  State.  In  April, 
1845,  he  married  Harriet  W.  Stone,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Pa., 
and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two  daughters.     (1880.) 


1838.]  Kappa  Alpha  i7i  Williams.  89- 

William  Dickinson  Allis,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  William  and  Julia  [Ingersoll]  Allis,  of  Brookfield,  Vt.,. 
was  born  at  Prescott,  Canada  West,  in  November,  1818. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  academies  of  Gaines 
and  Clarkson,  N.  Y.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1838,  and  left  at  the  end  of  Sophomore  year,  on  account  of 
severe  illness.  His  profession  has  been  that  of  a  teacher, 
in  which  he  was  engaged  for  years  in  the  public  schools 
of  Rochester.  He  also  taught  in  the  academy  of  HoUey, 
N.  Y.,  and  in  Buckingham  Academy,  Berlin,  Md.  During 
the  last  fifteen  years  he  has  been  with  the  Rochester 
Paper  Company. 

Mr.  Allis  is  married,  and  has  two  sons  and  a  daughter 
living.     (1880.) 


John  Benjamin  Gale,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  [Thompson]  Gale,  was  born  at  Troy,  his 
parents'  home,  May  9th,  1824. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Troy,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  September,  1838,  and  was  graduated  in  1842. 
He  then  read  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  H.  P.  Hunt,  of 
Troy,  whose  partner  he  subsequently  became  in  the  firm 
of  Hunt,  Fairbanks,  and  Gale,  which  continued  for  several 
years.  Upon  its  dissolution  he  associated  with  himself 
Charles  L.  Alden,  Esq.,  a  graduate  of  Williams,  and  this 
connection,  under  the  firm-name  of  Gale  &  Alden,  still 
subsists. 

Mr.  Gale  has  served  as  alderman  (from  the  Second 
Ward)  of  the  city  which  has  always  been  his  place  of  resi- 
dence. He  has  been  twice  married  :  first,  on  October  6th, 
1846,  to  Elizabeth  V.  S.  Wells,  of  Troy,  and  again,  after 
her  decease,  on  the  29th  January,  1873,  to  her  sister, 
Catherine,  who  is  still  living.  By  his  first  marriage  he 
had  three  children,  but  one  of  whom,  a  daughter,  sur- 
vives.    (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1841.  Commencement,  1842.  A.  M.  in 
course. 


90  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1839. 


1839. 

Hon.  RuFUS  DoDD  Woods,  of  Enfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
Leonard  and  Persis  [Dodd]  Woods, — the  latter  originally 
of  Princeton,  Mass., — was  born  at  Enfield,  his  parents* 
home.  May  ist,  1818. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Mt.  Pleasant  Collegiate 
Institute,  Amherst,  and  at  Monson  Academy,  entered 
Amherst  College,  as  Freshman,  in  1834,  left  at  the  close  of 
Sophomore  3^ear,  entered  the  Junior  class  at  Williams  in 
1838,  and  was  graduated  in  1840.  He  then  taught  for  a 
while  in  Westfield  Academy,  but  soon  became  engaged  in 
manufacturing  in  Enfield,  and  so  continued  until  the  close 
of  the  war  in  1865.  In  1852  he  removed  his  residence  to 
Holyoke,  where  he  became  president  of  the  Hadle}^  Falls 
Bank,  a  position  which  he  retained  until  1857,  when  he  re- 
turned to  his  old  home. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature,  in  the  House  of  Representatives,  in  1858, 
serving  as  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Railways  and 
as  a  member  of  that  on  the  Judiciary.  In  1872  and  1873  he 
served  in  the  State  Senate,  was  Chairman  of  its  Com- 
mittee on  Agriculture  and  a  member  of  that  on  the 
Hoosac  Tunnel.  He  is  at  present  a  trustee  of  the  State 
Lunatic  Hospital  at  Worcester,  and  a  member  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's Council,  to  which  he  was  recently  elected.  In 
1870  he  received  the  honorary  degree  of  A.M.  from  Am- 
herst College.  At  Commencement  of  the  present  year 
was  chosen  fifth  president  of  the  Incorporated  K.  A. 
Society. 

Mr.  Woods  married,  May  23d,  1848,  Isabella  Smith,  of 
Enfield,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage  a  daughter.  (Dec, 
1880.) 

Commencement,  1848.     A.  M.,  Amherst,  1870. 


*  Thomas  Robbins,  m.d.,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
James  W.  Robbins,  a  Williams  graduate  in  the  class  of 


i839']  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  91 

1802,  and  Maria  [Eggleston]  Robbins,  was  born  at  Lenox, 
Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  September  12th,  1820. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered 
WiUiams  in  1836,  maintained  an  excellent  standing,  and 
was  graduated  in  1840.  He  then  taught  for  some  time  in 
Lyme,  Conn.,  after  which  he  began  the  study  of  medicine, 
and  in  1844  was  graduated  from  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  New  York.  He  settled  in  that  city  for 
professional  practice,  in  which  he  was  engaged  until  over- 
taken by  consumption,  and  died  of  that  disease  at  Lenox, 
August  17th,  1846. 

Dr.  Robbins  was  a  young  man  of  fine  attainments  and 
excellent  character  and  promise.  He  lived  an  active 
Christian  life,  and  died  with  full  faith  in  the  Redeemer. 

Junior  Ex.,  1839.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1840.  Com- 
mencement, 1840.     A.  M.  in  course. 


*JoHN  Adam  Walker,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
Hon.  WiUiam  P.  and  Lucy  [Adam]  Walker, — the  former  a 
Williams  graduate  of  1798, — was  born  at  Lenox,  his  pa- 
rents' home,  January  7th,  1821. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy  and  at 
the  French  school  of  Mons.  Coudert  in  New  York  City, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1836,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1840  with  the  Philosophical  Oration.  He  then 
studied  a  year  at  the  Yale  Law  School  and  three  years  at 
Andover  and  Union  Theological  Seminaries,  becoming 
Tutor  at  Williams  in  1844,  and  remaining  a  year  as  such, 
occupied  mainly  with  the  instruction  of  the  Junior  class 
and  supplying  the  place  of  Prof.  Kellogg.  During  1846- 
48  he  continued  his  legal  studies  at  Lenox,  and  in  the  lat- 
ter year  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1853  removed  to 
Pittsfield,  in  1855  was  made  Special  Justice,  and  in  1858 
Justice  of  the  Police  Court  held  there.  In  1859  resigned 
this  position,  and  took  his  seat  in  the  Massachusetts  House 
of  Representatives.  At  the  close  of  the  session,  in  i860, 
became  Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  Berkshire  Mutual 


92  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1^39- 

Fire  Insurance  Company,  in  which  office  and  in  legal 
practice  he  continued  until  his  death.  This  was  caused 
by  inflammatory  rheumatism,  and  occurred  May  22d,  1864. 

Mr.  Walker  was,  until  middle  age,  of  tall,  erect,  and 
somewhat  slender  figure ;  his  manner  was  very  pleasing, 
indicating  unusual  delicac}^  and  modesty.  These  qualities 
he  possessed  almost  in  excess,  so  that  they  became  obsta- 
cles to  his  original  plans  for  professional  life.  By  his 
friends  they  were  felt  only  as  marked  traits  in  a  very  win- 
ning character. 

He  married,  October  14th,  1847,  Margaret  Magee,  of 
Boston,  and  had  by  this  marriage  two  daughters  and  a 
son.     All  these  survive  him,  residing  in  Pittsfield.    (1879.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1839.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1839.  Philo- 
sophical, Commencement,  1840.     Master's  Oration,  1843. 

^Charles  Worthington,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  son  of 
Charles  and  Sarah  [Walker]  Worthington,  and  cousin  of 
John  A.  Walker  (p.  91),  was  born  at  Lenox,  his  parents' 
home,  February  23d,  1822. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1836,  and  was  graduated  in 
1840,  with  the  Salutatory  Oration.  He  then  studied  law 
with  C.  D.  Loring,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  and  in  Harvard  Law 
School,  and,  upon  admission  to  the  bar,  formed  a  partner- 
ship for  practice  in  Boston,  which  was  soon  terminated  by 
his  declining  health.  He  died  at  Stockbridge,  of  con- 
sumption, May  28th,  1847. 

Mr.  Worthington  was  greatly  beloved  by  his  associates 
for  his  amiable  disposition  and  for  many  attractive  traits 
of  character.  The  simultaneous  withdrawal  of  Walker, 
Robbins,  and  Worthington,  men  of  fine  scholarship  and 
prominent  standing,  from  the  Social  Fraternity  anti-secret 
society  created  much  excitement  in  college,  and  was  the 
first  serious  defection  from  that  large  and  controlling 
body,  as  well  as  the  earhest  intimation  of  its  decline. 

Junior  Ex.,  1839.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1839.  Salutatory, 
Commencement,  1840. 


1 839-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  93 

James  Scott  Griffith,  of  Racine,  Wis.,  son  of  Grif- 
fith P.  and  Phebe  A.  Griffith,  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y., 
his  parents'  place  of  residence,  December  5th,  1821. 

He  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1838,  but  left  at 
the  close  of  first  term  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of  1839, 
and  has  since  been  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits  at  the 
West. 

Mr.  Griffith  married  Elizabeth  Jackson,  of  Huron,  O., 
and  has  had  by  this  marriage  several  children. 


*Hon.  Thomas  Colt,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  youngest 
brother  of  Hon.  James  D.  Colt  (p.  'jG),  was  born  at  Pitts- 
field,  June  28th,  1823. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  native  town,  entered 
Williams  in  1838,  as  Freshman,  was  graduated  in  1842,  and 
for  about  five  years  following  resided  in  Pittsfield,  doing 
business  as  a  merchant.  He  was  then  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  paper  at  Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y.,  for  about 
two  years,  and  at  Pittsfield,  whither  he  then  returned, 
from  the  expiration  of  that  time  until  1873.  In  the  latter 
year  he  took  up  the  business  of  general  insurance  with  a 
friend,  and  in  this  he  continued  until  his  death.  He  was  a 
leading  member  of  the  Congregational  Church,  and  filled 
a  prominent  place  in  the  community,  being  identified  with 
all  its  best  enterprises.  To  this  his  fine  personal  appearance, 
business  capacity,  generous  impulses,  and  public  spirit 
naturally  led,  and  few  have  held  as  many  home  offices. 
He  presided  at  town  meetings  frequently  ;  was  Chairman 
of  the  Soldiers'  Monument  Committee;  and  in  1856  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Governor's  Council  and  a  Presi- 
dential Elector  at  large.  He  assisted  in  raising  a  company 
of  the  Tenth  Massachusetts  Volunteers,  aided  in  the  for- 
mation of  the  Berkshire  Athenaeum,  and,  as  his  last  pubUc 
work,  engaged  in  superintending  the  completion  and  pub- 
lication of  Smith's  ''  History  of  Pittsfield." 

In  1864  he  was  chosen  President  of  the  Society  of 
Alumni  of  Williams  College. 

His  death  was  sudden.     It  took  place  in  Pittsfield,  No- 


94  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i839* 

vember  8th,  1876,  a  few  days  after  his  return  from  the 
Centennial  Exhibition  in  Philadelphia,  as  occurred  in  so 
many  other  cases,  and  was  caused  by  congestion  of  the 
lungs.  His  funeral  was  largely  attended,  especially  by 
the  business  men  of  the  county. 

Mr.  Colt  married,  December  25th,  1855,  Catharine  M., 
daughter  of  William  B.  Cooley,  of  Pittsfield,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Dr.  Cooley,  long  the  Vice-President  of 
the  college.     She  survives  her  husband. 

Obituary  Record,  1877,  in  part. 

Junior  Ex.,  1841.  Prest.  Philotechnian.  Commence- 
ment, 1842. 


*  Henry  William  Porter,  m.d.,  of  New  York  City, 
was  the  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  Porter,  an  eminent  physician 
of  Skaneateles,  N.  Y.  In  the  spring  of  1838  he  began  his 
preparation  for  college  at  the  school  of  Alexander  Hyde, 
in  Lee,  who  remembered  him  as  an  '*  apt  and  ambitious 
scholar — one  of  those  genial,  gentlemanly,  high-toned  boys 
whom  every  teacher  loves  and  respects."  He  entered 
Williams,  was  graduated  thence  in  1842,  studied  medicine 
and  received  his-  degree  of  M.D.  from  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York  in  1846,  standing 
high  in  both  institutions.  The  better  to  fit  himself  for 
medical  practice,  he  then  entered  the  New  York  Hospital 
as  assistant,  and  it  was  while  in  the  faithful  performance 
of  his  duty  there  that  he  contracted  the  fatal  disease  ol 
"ship-fever"  (probably  typhoid),  of  which  he  died  in  1847, 
at  the  age  of  thirty-four. 

Junior  Ex.,  1841.     Commencement,  1842. 


James  Somerville  Knowlson,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  oldest 
son — one  of  twins — of  Richard  J.  and  Margaret  [Brown] 
Knowlson,  was  born  at  Albany,  then  his  parents'  home, 
May  I  St,  1823. 


1 839-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  95 

His  father  having  removed,  with  his  family,  to  Sand 
Lake,  Rensselaer  County,  this  son  was  sent  from  that 
place  to  the  school  of  Hon.  Asahel  Foote,  at  Williamstown, 
where  he  was  fitted  for  the  collegiate  course.  In  the  fall 
of  1839  h^  entered  WilHams,  as  Freshman,  but  at  the  end  of 
Sophomore  year  he  left  college  and  went  to  Troy  to  re- 
side, where  he  has  since  remained,  being  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile pursuits,  particularly  the  manufacture  of  woollen 
and  cotton  goods,  until  1869.  Since  then  he  has  with- 
drawn, for  the  most  part,  from  business. 

During  his  residence  in  Troy  Mr.  Knowlson  has  been 
active  in  many  of  the  best  institutions  and  enterprises  of 
that  city.  Has  served  as  trustee,  since  1866,  of  the 
Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute;  as  elder  in  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  and  for  several  years  as  president  of 
its  board  of  trustees;  as  bank  director,  and  the  Hke.  In 
1867  he  received,  but  declined,  the  nomination  for  mayor 
from  the  Democratic  party,  then  in  the  ascendency.  And 
in  the  mean  time  he  has  been  constant  in  his  attachment  to 
Williams  College,  which,  in  1843,  awarded  him  the  degree 
of  A.B.,  restoring  him  to  his  place  on  the  roll  of  his  class, 
and  enabling  him  to  serve,  in  1865,  upon  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Society  of  Alumni. 

His  devotion  to  the  affairs  and  interests  of  the  Kappa 
Alpha  Society  is  well  known  to  its  members.  He  has 
given  it  two  sons,  much  time  and  care,  and  very  gen- 
erous material  aid ;  the  latter  especiallyr  at  an  important 
crisis  in  its  affairs,  enabling  it  to  secure  the  site  of  its 
present  house.  He  was  also  one  of  the  most  active  mem- 
bers of  its  Building  Committee  in  charge  of  the  erection 
of  the  edifice  itself,  so  that  possession  of  this  choice  and 
increasingly  vakiable  property  by  the  Society  is  largely 
due  to  his  individual  agency  and  effort.  A  recent  proof 
of  his  unabated  interest  in  its  welfare  was  the  gift  of  a 
large  number  of  valuable  books,  to  form  the  nucleus  of  a 
library  for  the  house.  In  recognition  of  his  services  and 
benefactions  he  was  chosen  the  second  president  of  the 
Incorporated  Society,  in  1871,  and  was  subsequently  re- 
elected to  that  position. 


96  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1839. 

Mr.  Knowlson  married,  in  April,  1846,  Jane  E.  Kellogg, 
of  Troy,  and  by  this  marriage  had  six  sons  and  four  daugh- 
ters. Three  of  the  latter  and  four  of  the  former  survive 
their  mother.     (1880.) 


Rev.  Edward  Taylor,  d.d.,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Abner  and  Mary  [Johnson]  Taylor, — the  former  a  native 
of  Willington  and  the  latter  of  Stafford,  both  in  Connecti- 
cut,— was  born  in  Lee,  then  his  parents'  place  of  residence, 
October  6th,  1821. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  native  town  by  Alex- 
ander Hyde  and  I.  W.  Andrews,  entered  Williams,  as 
Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of  1839,  ^"^^  ^^^  graduated  in  1842. 
After  teaching  school  for  a  year  at  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.,  he 
entered  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1846.  The  same  year  was  settled  over 
the  Congregational  church  in  Hinsdale ;  in  1850  at  Lan- 
singburg,  N.  Y. ;  in  1855  at  Kalamazoo,^  Mich. ;  in  1863 
over  the  South  Congregational  Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
during  his  connection  with  which  he  was  also  Chaplain  of 
the  Thirteenth  New  York  Volunteers,  and  introduced  the 
custom,  now  generally  adopted,  of  preaching  an  annual 
sermon  to  his  regiment ;  and  in  1868  at  Binghamton.  Dur- 
ing 1867  and  1868  he  travelled  for  a  year  in  Europe  and 
in  Egypt ;  from  1875  to  1879  ^^^  laid  aside  in  consequence 
of  overwork,  but  in  the  latter  year  so  far  recovered  as  to 
resume  preaching,  and  in  January,  1880,  took  charge  of 
the  Congregational  church  in  Norwich,  N.  Y.,  near  Bing- 
hamton, without  change  of  residence. 

He  was  a  trustee  from  1856  to  1863  of  Kalamazoo  Col- 
lege, and  from  1857  to  1863  of  Olivet,  both  in  Michigan; 
also  of  Chicago  Theological  Seminary  for  some  years 
during  the  same  period.  In  1869  he  received  the  degree 
of  D.D.  from  Olivet. 

Mr.  Taylor  married,  October  6th,  1847,  Jane  G.  Wood, 
of  Aurora,  N.  Y.,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  son. 

"  Was  initiated  into  the  mysteries  of  K.  A.  in  Decem- 
ber, 1839,  ^^<i  have  been  glad  of  it  ever  since.     Swing  my 


1 839-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  97 

badge  Sundays  and  week-days,  and  expect  to  do  so  until 
I  pass  ad astra'*     (1880.) 

Latin  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1841.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex., 
1842.  Commencement,  1842.  A.M.  in  course.  D.D., 
Olivet,  1869. 


*  Charles  McKinstry,  of  New  York  City,  fourth  son 
of  Col.  David  C.  and  Nancy  [Whiting]  McKinstry,  was 
born  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  his  father's  place  of  residence,  May 
27th,  1819.  In  1837,  after  occupying  a  situation  of  respon- 
sibility in  a  bank  in  Detroit,  he  entered  Lenox  Academy, 
and  in  1839  Williams  College,  where  he  remained,  apply- 
ing himself  arduously  to  study  until  the  summer  of  1841. 
He  then  left  Williams  for  Rutgers,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1843  with  the  Salutatory  Oration,  after  which  he 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Judge 
Whiting,  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.  At  the  end  of  two  years  he 
entered  that  of  Foot  &  Davis,  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  subsequently  took 
charge  of  their  extensive  and  important  attorney  practice, 
upon  his  admission  to  the  bar.  Afterwards  he  opened  an 
office  of  his  own  in  the  same  city,  and  some  years  later 
formed  a  partnership  with  his  college  friend  and  K.  A. 
brother,  Joseph  Lovell,  Esq.,  which  continued  until  his 
death.  In  August,  1853,  he  was  attacked  by  hemorrhage 
of  the  lungs,  while  bathing  at  Long  Branch ;  and  towards 
winter,  finding  a  milder  climate  necessary  to  him,  went  to 
New  Orleans,  returning  benefited,  as  he  thought.  But 
consumption  was  upon  him,  and  finding  that  he  must  give 
up  business,  he  left  New  York  for  Matanzas  just  before 
Christmas  in  1854.  On  the  way  another  violent  hemor- 
rhage prostrated  him,  leaving  him  after  many  days  with 
scarcely  strength  enough  to  reach  Cardenas.  But  he 
was  able,  with  the  early  summer  following,  to  return  to 
his  parents'  home  in  Ypsilanti,  Mich.,  where  he  died  very 
peacefully  and  with  Christian  resignation,  just  a  week  later, 
June  23d,  1855.  "Few  gathered  around  his  early  grave. 
7 


98  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1839. 

to  moisten  its  sod  with  their  tears,  but  among  those  few 
were  swelling  hearts  from  far-distant  cities,  who  knew  and 
loved  him  well." 

He  was  unmarried,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows. 

Adelphic    Union   Ex.,   1841.     Salutatory,  Commence- 
ment (Rutgers),  1843. 


George  Patrick  Briggs,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
Hon.  George  N.  and  Harriet  [Hall]  Briggs,  was  born  at 
South  Adams,  March  4th,  1822.  His  father,  a  Trustee  of 
Williams  College,  was  a  member  of  Congress  and  for 
seven  years  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  residing  after  1842 
in  Pittsfield. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Lenox  Academy,  entered  Williams  in  1839,  ^^<^  ^^^^  gra- 
duated in  1842  with  the  First  English  Oration.  He  then 
studied  law  in  Pittsfield,  and  subsequently  in  Harvard  Law 
School,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in 
1846;  practised  in  Boston  until  the  following  year,  and  in 
Lowell  from  that  time  to  1861,  when  he  settled  in  Pitts- 
field, since  his  home,  where  he  is  engaged  in  farming. 

Mr.  Briggs  married,  August  4th,  1856,  Cornelia  Gush- 
ing, of  Cleveland,  O.,  who  deceased  in  1858.  October 
6th,  1875,  he  married  Mrs.  Sarah  E.,  widow  of  Dr.  A.  A. 
Leland,  of  Detroit,  Mich.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1841.  First  English,  Commencement,  1842. 
A.M.  in  course.     LL.B.,  Harvard.    Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


1840. 

Seth  Smith  Mellen,  of  Mt.  Sterling,  Ala.,  was 
born  February  7th,  1821,  in  Pelham,  Mass.,  whence  his 
father  soon  after  removed  with  his  family  to  Brookfield, 
Worcester  County. 


1840.]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  99 

This  son  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Wesleyan  Acad- 
emy in  Wilbraham,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1839,  ^^^  ^^^^  graduated  in  1843  with  the  Philosophical 
Oration.  He  then  went  to  the  South,  where  he  has  ever 
since  continued  to  reside.  After  professional  engagements 
as  teacher  at  Tarversville  and  Longstreet,  Ga.',  and  De 
Soto,  Miss.,  he  settled  at  Mt.  Sterling,  where,  in  addi- 
tion to  managing  a  school  of  his  own,  he  is  engaged  in 
farming  and  in  business  affairs,  and  has  for  several  years 
served  as  County  Superintendent  of  Schools. 

Mr.  Mellen  married  Martha  A.  Crocker,  of  Georgia,  as 
his  first  wife,  and  had  by  this  marriage  two  children,  both 
of  whom  are  deceased.  Subsequently  he  married  a  lady 
from  Massachusetts,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  five  chil- 
dren.    (Nov.,  1879.) 

[The  middle  name  is  as  given  above.] 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1841.  Philosophical,  Commencement, 
1843.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Rev.  Edward  Jefferson  Willis,  of   Clarksburg,  W. 
Va.,  son  of    Larkin  and  Susan  E.  Willis,  was  born  De 
cember    19th,    1820,   near    Rapidan    Station,   Culpepper 
County,  Va. 

He  was  fitted  in  Hampden  Sydney  College,  Va.,  and 
at  Lenox  Academy,  Mass.,  and  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  1840.  At  the  end  of  a  year  he  withdrew 
from  Williams  and  entered  the  Law  School  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Virginia,  where  he  completed  the  usual  two- 
years'  course  in  one  year,  graduating  with  L.B.  (LL.B.) 
July  4th,  1842.  He  then  settled  in  Charlottesville,  the 
seat  of  the  University,  for  practice;  and  on  the  i8th  of 
April,  1843,  married  Miss  Snead,  of  Albemarle  County, 
Va.  In  January,  1845,  ^^  removed  to  Barboursville,  same 
State,  and  in  addition  to  his  legal  practice  conducted  a 
successful  school  for  boys.  While  there  was  Grand 
Worthy  Patriarch,  Sons  of  Temperance,  for  Virginia. 

On  March  5th,  1849,  M^-  Willis  started  with  a  company 


lOO  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1840. 

for  the  gold  region.  They  left  Independence,  Mo.,  with 
a  wagon-train  on  the  3d  of  May  following,  and  walked  the 
entire  distance  to  the  Bear  River  diggings,  in  California, 
which  they  reached  on  the  last  day  of  August.  There  our 
subject  remained  a  short  time  with  profit.  In  November 
he  removed  to  Sacramento  for  legal  practice,  and  in  1850 
was  elected  Judge  of  the  City  and  County  by  a  large  ma- 
jority. During  his  term  occurred  the  squatter  riots,  in 
which  the  sheriff  was  killed  while  carrying  out  the  sentence 
of  this  court,  the  first  for  the  execution  of  criminals  in 
that  State.     Other  city  officers  were  also  killed  at  that  time. 

In  August,  1854,  Mr.  Willis  entered  the  ministry  and 
removed  to  Oakland,  where  the  First  Baptist  Church  was 
organized  (as  the  First  Church  of  Sacramento  had  previous- 
ly been)  in  his  own  parlor.  In  July,  1856,  returned  with 
his  family  to  Virginia,  and  was  settled  over  a  leading 
church  in  Richmond,  with  which  he  remained  until  June, 
1 86 1.  He  then  became  chaplain  of  the  Fifteenth  Virginia 
Infantry,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  April  follow- 
ing, when  he  was  made  captain  of  a  company  in  the  same 
regiment,  composed  mostly  of  young  men  from  his  own 
congregation  and  Sunday-school. 

He  continued  in  this  command  until  late  in  1864,  taking 
part  in  ten  of  the  heaviest  pitched  battles  of  the  war.  In 
that  of  Sharpsburg,  or  Antietam,  while  leading  his  regi- 
ment, he  had  many  balls  shot  through  his  clothing,  but 
came  out  unhurt. 

After  the  war  Mr.  Willis  settled  nearRapidan  Station, 
where  he  remained  two  years,  preaching  also  at  Orange 
Court-House  and  Gordonsville.  In  January,  1867,  accepted 
a  call  to  Alexandria.  In  June,  1869,  removed  to  Winches- 
ter, where  he  labored  in  reorganizing  and  building  up  the 
church  there.  In  1876  accepted  his  present  position  as 
president  of  Broaddus  Female  College,  Clarksburg,  a 
regularly  incorporated  institution  upon  the  model  of  Mt. 
Holyoke  'Seminary. 

In  March,  1876,  his  first  wife  having  deceased,  Mr. 
Willis   married   his  second.   Miss   Rogers,   of   Loudoun 


1840.]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  loi 

County,  Va.     He  has  had  three  sons  and  six  daughters, 
all  by  his  first  marriage,     (1879.) 


*  James  Sloan  Smith,  of  Macon,  Ga.,  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered  Williams  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  class  of  1844,  remained  in  college  only  a  short 
time,  returned  home  and  studied  law  in  his  father's  office, 
but  lived  only  two  or  three  years,  dying  in  1844  or  1845. 


James  Alexander  Scott,  of  Richmond,  Va.,  son  of 
James  Scott,  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  Grace  [Freeland] 
Scott,  a  Virginian  of  Scotch  descent,  was  born  in  Ches- 
terfield County,  Va.,  December  19th,  1821  ;  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered  Williams  in  1840, 
remained  through  Freshman  year,  went  to  Rutgers,  and 
was  graduated  there  in  1844.  Mr.  Scott  has  ever  since 
been  engaged  in  the  tobacco  business  in  Richmond  in  the 
house  established  by  his  father,  who  died  in  1861,  aged 
eighty-eight  years.  He  still  carries  on  the  business  in 
company  with  descendants  of  the  parties  in  Scotland 
who  sent  his  father  to  establish  it  in  this  country. 

In  1862  the  subject  of  this  notice  married  a  daughter 
of  Dr.  Joseph  Lovell,  Surgeon- General  U.S.A.,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  At  the  breaking  out  of  the  late  war  he  was 
first  lieutenant  of  a  volunteer  company,  which  was  im- 
mediately ordered  to  the  Potomac,  where  he  remained 
with  it  several  weeks.  The  company  then  returning  to 
Richmond,  he  resigned  his  commission  ;  and  being,  as  a 
member  of  the  City  Council,  exempt  from  military  duty, 
remained  in  the  city  during  the  entire  war,  and  was  one 
of  the  committee  appointed  to  surrender  it  to  the  U.  S. 
forces.  On  the  restoration  of  civil  government  he 
was  re-elected  to  the  City  Council,  of  which  he  had  al- 
ready been  a  member  for  sixteen  years,  and  was  chosen 
its  president.  After  serving  thus  for  a  year  he  removed 
his  residence   to  Ashland,  Hanover  County,  seventeen 


I02  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1840, 

miles  from  Richmond,  though  still  attending  to  his^busi- 
ness  in  the  city. 

Mr.  Scott  is  a  leading  Free  Mason.     He  has  had  six 
children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living.     (1880.) 


*  David  Hyde  Kellogg,  of  Spuyten  Duyvil,  N,  Y., 
son  of  Daniel  Kellogg,  of  Skaneateles,  in  the  same  State, 
was  born  at  the  latter  place,  September  24th,  1821.  His 
mother's  maiden  name  was  Hyde.  He  was  fitted  for  col- 
lege in  the  school  of  Alexander  Hyde,  at  Lee,  to  which 
he  went  in  company  with  H.  W.  Porter,  his  fellow-towns- 
man and  future  brother  in  K.  A.  In  1840  he  entered  Wil- 
liams, and  in  1844  was  graduated.  He  then  began  the 
study  of  law,  but  was  soon  led  by  failure  of  health  to  dis- 
continue it,  and  spent  several  years  in  travel  at  home 
and  abroad.  Having  inherited  a  competent  fortune,  it 
was  his  pleasure  to  devote  himself  to  a  life  of  unostenta- 
tious usefulness. 

On  the  24th  of  July,  185 1,  Mr.  Kellogg  married  Har- 
riet N.,  daughter  of  Justin  Kellogg,  Esq.,  of  Troy,  and 
in  the  fall  of  1855  settled  at  Spuyten  Duyvil,  near  New 
York.  In  1867  he  established  a  paper  business  in  the  city, 
and  therein  lost  a  large  portion  of  his  property,  but  by 
no  failure  of  his  own.  Soon  after  he  became  a  suffering 
invalid,  and  the  last  years  of  his  life  were  spent  in  total 
blindness.  But  through  all  this  he  manifested  the  meek- 
ness, patience,  and  cheerfulness  becoming  one  whose  hope 
was  in  heaven  ;  and  after  long  endurance  died  peacefully, 
by  a  shock  of  paralysis,  on  the  20th  of  August  last.  His 
remains  were  taken  for  interment  to  his  native  town. 
"  His  memory  will  be  cherished  in  the  hearts  of  a  large 
circle  of  friends,  and  his  example  will  long  have  its  in- 
fluence upon  those  who  knew  him  best."  Others,  too, 
will  remember  with  lasting  pleasure  the  kindness  and 
unaffected  cordiality  of  his  manner  and  the  evident  deli- 
cacy and  refinement  of  his  nature. 

A  son  and  a  daughter  survive  him.     (Oct.,  1880.) 

N.  V.  Observer,  Aug,  26th,  1880,  in  part. 


1 841.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  103' 


1841. 

Hon.  Marshall  Wilcox,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
Loring  and  Maria  [Bradley]  Wilcox,  was  born  at  Stock- 
bridge,  Mass.,  March  19th,  1821. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1840,  and  was  graduated  in 
1844.  He  then  studied  law  in  Otis,  Mass.,  and  practised 
there  a  few  years,  after  which,  in  1853,  he  removed  to 
Lee,  in  the  same  county,  where  he  remained  until  1871. 
In  that  year  he  settled  in  his  present  place  of  residence, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  professional  practice. 

Mr.  Wilcox  was  elected  to  the  Massachusetts  House 
of  Representatives  in  1866,  and  to  the  Senate  in  1868.  In 
1867  was  chosen  the  first  president  of  the  Kappa  Alpha 
Society  (Incorporated),  and  in  that  office  he  remained 
until  1 87 1. 

He  married,  January  7th,  1857,  Nancie  F.  Bradley,  of 
Detroit,  Mich.,  and  has  by  this  marriage  a  son.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1843.  Commencement,  1844.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  (Honorary,)  1867. 


William  H.  Stanton,  of  Bel  Air,  Ga.,  entered  Wil- 
liams College  from  Salisbury,  Conn.,  then  his  home,  as 
Freshman,  in  1840.  He  left  at  or  near  the  close  of  his  first 
year;  about  1850  went  South,  and  there  engaged  in  teach- 
ing. Subsequently  he  married  the  daughter  of  a  Southern 
planter,  McGrudder  by  name,  who  lived  in  Bel  Air  and 
had  a  large  number  of  negroes  on  his  plantation.  Mr. 
Stanton  resided  with  his  father-in-law,  but  came  North 
about  the  breaking  out  of  the  war.  Being  entirely  South- 
ern in  his  feelings,  he  soon  returned  to  Georgia,  where  he 
is  supposed  to  be  living  still.     (1880.) 


^Joseph  Lovell,  of  Natchez,  Miss.,  third  son  of  Dr. 
Joseph  Lovell,  Surgeon-General  U.  S.  A.,  and  Margaret 


I04  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1841. 

[Mansfield]  Lovell,— a  native  of  Virginia, — and  brother  of 
W.  F.  Lovell  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Washington,  his 
parents'  place  of  residence,  June  nth,  1824. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lee,  entered  Williams  in 
1840,  left  at  the  end  of  Freshman  year,  and  went  to  Yale, 
whence  he  was  graduated  in  1844,  and  received  the 
degree  of  A.M.  in  1853.  He  studied  law  in  New  York, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1847,  and  practised  in  that  city 
in  partnership  with  his  friend  and  K.  A.  brother  McKin- 
stry  (p.  97)  until  the  death  of  the  latter,  and  subsequently 
alone. 

In  1859  Mr.  Lovell  married  Louisa,  eldest  daughter  of 
General  Quitman,  of  Natchez,  to  which  place  he  removed 
the  following  year.  At  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  he 
became  a  member,  with  rank  of  General,  of  the  staff  of  his 
brother.  Gen.  Mansfield  Lovell,  commanding  at  New  Or- 
leans. At  its  close  returned  to  Natchez,  where  he  re- 
sumed his  occupation  as  a  cotton-planter,  and  died  in  that 
city  November  28th,  1869,  leaving  a  daughter. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1842.  Skull  and  Bones,  Yale.  A.M., 
Yale,  1853. 


*  Lemuel  Bingham  Gay,  of  Sumter,  S.  C,  was  born  at 
Pittsfield,  Mass.,  April  13th,  1820. 

He  was  graduated  at  Williams  in  1843,  taught  awhile 
in  Charleston,  S.  C,  and  was  connected  with  the  Orange- 
burg (S.  C.)  Female  Seminary  for  four  years.  He  then 
studied  law  and  practised  a  short  time  at  Sumter.  During 
the  rebellion  served  in  the  commissary  department  of 
the  Confederate  army  with  the  rank  of  captain,  and  was 
intensely  Southern  in  his  feelings.  After  the  war  returned 
to  Sumter  and  resumed  teaching,  and  at  the  same  time 
edited  the  Sumter  News,  continuing  thus  emplo)7^ed  until 
his  death,  November  23d,  1871.     He  was  unmarried. 

Prest.  Philotechnian.  Senior  Ex.,  1842.  Commence- 
ment, 1843. 


1 84 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  105 

Derick  Lane  Boardman,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  oldest  son 
of  Rev.  Dr.  George  S.  and  Alida  [Lane]  Boardman, — 
the  latter  of  Troy  before  marriage, — and  brother  of  Dr.  J. 
Boardman  (see  Index),  was  born  March  17th,  1824,  at 
Watertown,  N.  Y.,  where  his  father  was  then  pastor  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Black  River  Institute,  in 
Watertown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  Septem- 
ber, 1840,  and  was  graduated  in  1844.  He  then  removed 
to  Rome,  N.  Y.,  and  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Judge  H. 
A.  Foster,  a  Senator  of  the  United  States,  whose  daugh- 
ter, Mary  N.,  he  married  in  1848,  after  his  admission  to 
practice.  To  his  professional  business  in  Rome  he  added 
that  of  fire  insurance,  and  upon  his  removal,  July  ist, 
1 867,  to  his  present  place  of  residence,  became  State  Gen- 
eral Agent  of  the  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company  of  New 
York,  which  position  he  still  holds. 

Mr.  Boardman  was  a  member  in  1854  of  the  Legisla- 
ture of  New  York,  in  the  Assembly,  has  been  a  Trustee  of 
Williams  College  since  1848,  and  was  the  third  President 
of  the  Kappa  Alpha  Society  (Incorporated),  serving  for 
four  years  from  Commencement,  1875. 

He  has  a  daughter  and  a  son,  the  latter  of  whom, 
Henry  F.,  is  also  a  member  of  our  Society.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Commencement,  1844. 


1842. 

George  Frederic  Betts,  of  New  York  City,  younger 
brother  of  Charles  D.  Betts  (p.  79),  was  born  at  Newburg, 
N.  Y.,  June  14th,  1827. 

In  1840  he  entered  the  University  of  New  York,  and 
in  1 841,  as  Sophomore,  Williams  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1 844.  He  then  studied  law  for  one  year 
in  New  York,  one  in  Harvard  Law  School,  and  one 
again  in  New  York ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1 847, 
and  practised  in  Newburg  until  1850,  when  he  removed 


io6  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1842 

to  New  York  and  became  one  of  the  new  firm  of  Beebe, 
Betts  &  Donohue.  From  this  he  retired  in  1853  to  join  in 
forming  the  partnership  of  Owen  &  Betts,  with  which  Mr. 
F.  B.  Cutting  was  also  connected.  These  were  firms 
whose  practice  was  very  large ;  Mr.  Cutting's  rank  in  the 
profession,  especially  as  an  advocate,  being  of  the  very 
highest.  In  1855  Mr.  Betts  was  compelled  by  ill  health  to 
withdraw  from  his  business  connections,  and  he  then  gave 
some  time  to  travel  in  the  South.  Upon  his  return  he  was 
appointed  clerk  of  the  U.  S.  District  Court  for  the  South- 
ern District  of  New  York,  of  which  his  father  was  at  that 
time,  and  for  many  years  after,  judge,  and  in  this  office 
he  remained  until  1878,  when  he  resumed  legal  practice. 

In  April,  1861,  he  assisted  in  raising  and  organizing^ 
the  Ninth  Regiment  N.  Y.  Vols.  (Hawkins  Zouaves),  and 
was  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  thereof ;  was  ordered  to 
Newport  News,  in  1862  took  part  in  the  capture  of  Hat- 
teras  and  Roanoke  Island,  and  soon  after  resigned. 

Mr.  Betts  married,  November  loth,  185 1,  Ellen,  daugh- 
ter of  Professor  Wm.  Porter,  of  Williams,  and  adopted 
daughter  of  Charles  Stoddard,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  who  was 
long  a  Trustee  of  the  college.  By  this  marriage  he  has 
had  five  children,  of  whom  a  son  and  three  daughters  are 
now  living.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1843.  Commencement,  1844.  Master's 
Oration,  1847.     N.  Y.  Historical  Soc. 


George  Grant  Waller,  of  Honesdale,  Pa.,  younger 
brother  of  Rev.  D.  J.  and  C.  P.  Waller  (pp.  31,  88),  was 
born  in  the  Wyoming  Valley,  near  Wilkesbarre,  May  3d, 
1 82 1.  Entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  1841,  and  was 
graduated  in  1844.  Studied  law  with  his  uncle.  Judge 
Collins,  of  Wilkesbarre,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  May, 
1846,  practised  a  year  at  Bloomsburg  and  two  years  at 
Wilkesbarre,  and  in  1849  removed  to  his  present  place  of 
residence,  where  he  has  been  engaged  in  practice  since 
that  time. 


1842.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  107 

Mr.  Waller  married,  October  nth,  1854,  Lizzie  J.^ 
daughter  of  Judge  Bentley,  of  Montrose,  Pa.,  and  by  this 
marriage  has  had  four  children,  of  whom  only  one,  a 
daughter,  is  now  living.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1843.     Commencement,  1844. 


Albertus  Perry,  of  New  York  City,  oldest  son  of 
Asa  and  Philura  [Aylsworth]  Perry,  brother  of  George 
Perry  (see  Index),  and  cousin  of  Azariah  S.  Clark  (p.  12), 
was  born  at  Richmond,  Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  June 
2 1  St,  1824. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1841,  and  was  graduated  in 
1845.  He  then  studied  law  with  Judge  Spencer,  of  Utica, 
N.  Y.,  and  shortly  after  admission  to  the  bar  settled  in  Os- 
wego, where  he  has  resided  until  the  present  year,  during 
which  he  has  removed  to  New  York  for  practice.  He  has 
always  held  a  high  rank  in  his  profession,  and  has  repeat- 
edly been  the  candidate  of  his  party  for  a  seat  on  the 
bench  of  the  Supreme  Court. 

Mr.  Perry  married,  in  1849,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Judge 
John  Grant,  of  Oswego,  and  has  by  this  marriage  two 
sons  and  two  daughters.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1844.  Moonlight  Ex.,  1844.  Adelphic  Un. 
Ex.,  1845.     Commencement,  1845. 


*  Hasbrouck  Davis,  of  Chicago,  III,  third  son  ot 
Hon.  John  and  Ehza  [Bancroft]  Davis,  was  born  at 
Worcester,  Mass.,  his  parents'  place  of  residence,  April 
19th,  1827.  His  father,  a  native  of  Northborough,  Mass., 
was  a  graduate  of  Yale,  Governor  of  Massachusetts,  and 
U.  S.  Senator,  whose  incorruptible  integrity  gained  for 
him  the  popular  appellation  of  Honest  John  Davis.  His 
mother  was  the  eldest  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Bancroft,  of 
Worcester. 


io8  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1842. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  in  the 
common  schools  of  his  native  city,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  in  1841,  and  was  gra- 
duated in  1845  with  an  oration  on  the  "Pantheism  of 
Spinoza."  During  his  college  course  he  maiiltained  a 
high  standing  not  merely  as  a  scholar,  but  as  a  thinker 
and  writer,  with  a  special  fondness  for  metaphysical  and 
speculative  studies. 

After  graduation  he  was  engaged  as  teacher  in  the 
Worcester  High  School  for  one  year,  at  the  expiration  of 
which  he  visited  Germany  for  the  purpose  of  studying 
theology  at  Heidelberg ;  this  he  did,  and  upon  his  return 
to  Massachusetts  became  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  Society 
at  Watertown,  but  in  consequence  of  a  change  in  his  reli- 
gious views  resigned  his  charge  after  a  short  settlement, 
withdrew  from  the  ministry,  and  entered  upon  the  study 
of  law  in  Boston.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  that 
city  in  1854,  and  began  practice  there,  which  he  continued 
upon  his  removal  to  Chicago  the  following  year. 

In  February,  1862,  at  the  outbreak  of  the  rebelHon,  he 
became  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  Twelfth  Illinois  Cavalry 
and  immediately  proceeded  to  Virginia,  where  he  greatly 
distinguished  himself  at  Winchester  by  a  brilliant  charge, 
with  a  very  inferior  force,  upon  the  enemy's  cavalry ;  also 
at  Darksville,  where,  at  the  head  of  a  little  party  of  forty, 
he  made  a  furious  attack  upon  eight  hundred  of  the 
enemy,  in  position,  and  scattered  them  with  heavy  loss, 
taking  fifty  prisoners  and  their  horses.  The  same  month, 
being  enclosed,  together  with  Col.  Miles*  command,  by 
the  enemy  at  Harper's  Ferry,  he  cut  his  way  out  with 
two  thousand  cavalry,  intercepting  and  capturing  a  part 
of  Longstreet's  train  and  about  one  thousand  prisoners ; 
thus  "by  his  wisdom,  courage,  and  patriotic  devotion, 
manifested  by  him  on  so  many  occasions  during  the  war, 
the  entire  cavalry  force  at  the  place  was  saved  from  the 
shameful  surrender  that  followed."  Those  who  were 
present  and  witnessed  the  dashing  exploits  of  Gen.  Davis 
were  amazed  at  his  undertaking  and  the  manner  in  which 
he   carried   it  through.     In  November  he   marched   to 


1842.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  109 

Dumfries,  and  held  it  against  a  much  superior  force  under 
Gens.  J.  E.  B.  Stuart  and  Fitzhugh  Lee.  In  May,  1863, 
being  ordered  to  destroy,  if  possible,  the  communication 
between  Richmond  and  Lee's  army,  he  did  so,  striking 
the  Fredericksburg  Railroad  at  Ashland,  and  the  Virginia 
Central  at  Hanover  Station,  and  tearing  up  both  lines. 
He  then  pushed  on  to  a  point  within  seven  miles  of  Rich- 
mond, guided  only  by  a  common  map  of  Virginia,  crossed 
the  Pamunky  and  Mattapony,  driving  the  enemy's  pickets 
before  him,  and  made  his  way  to  Gloucester,  after  having 
been  given  up  for  lost ;  thus  successfully  accomplishing  a 
transit  of  more  than  two  hundred  miles  through  a  region 
not  before  reached  by  our  forces.  In  this  raid  millions  of 
property  were  destroyed  without  much  loss  to  the  body 
which  made  it ;  and  it  was  deemed  so  important  an 
achievement  that  the  commanding  officer,  when  afterwards 
in  Washington,  was  sent  for  by  President  Lincoln,  who  re- 
quested from  him  a  particular  account  of  the  expedition. 

General  Davis  afterwards  made  several  brilliant  forays 
into  the  interior  counties.  In  November,  1863,  he  re- 
turned to  Chicago  with  his  regiment  for  its  reorganiza- 
tion, after  which  they  together  took  part  in  the  Red 
River  campaign  and  were  several  times  in  action.  In 
one  of  these  engagements  the  General  was  severely 
wounded,  but  kept  his  saddle.  He  was  with  his  force  at 
Baton  Rouge  and  at  Liberty,  Miss.,  where  it  was  owing 
to  his  management  that  the  whole  command  was  not  cap- 
tured. It  was  afterwards  at  Mobile,  Memphis,  and  finally 
at  Alexandria,  La.,  where,  on  the  ist  of  August,  1865,  its 
commanding  officer  resigned,  having  been  made,  on  the 
30th  of  June  preceding,  brevet  Brigadier-general  for 
gallant  and  meritorious  services,  to  rank  from  the  13th 
of  March  of  that  year. 

On  his  return  to  Chicago,  General  Davis  resumed  the 
practice  of  law.  In  June,  1866,  he  purchased  an  interest 
in  the  Chicago  Evening  Post,  which  he  retained  until 
April,  1867,  when  he  disposed  of  it.  While  with  the  Post 
he  was  not  only  editor  but  manager,  and  brought  it  up 
from  obscurity  to  a  position  of  influence  and  power.     He 


no  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1842. 

was  subsequently  elected  City  Attorney,  and  served  as 
such  for  nearly  two  years  with  marked  ability.  At  the 
expiration  of  this  term  he  made  arrangements  for  an  ex- 
tended tour  in  Europe,  including  a  visit  to  the  armies 
then  operating  on  French  soil,  and  sailed  in  the  Cambria, 
of  the  Anchor  Line,  October  8th,  1870,  to  execute  this  plan. 
The  steamer  was  wrecked,  on  the  night  of  the  19th,  upon 
the  coast  of  England,  and  General  Davis,  with  most  of 
the  passengers  and  crew,  was  lost.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  one  of  those  who  took  to  the  boats.  Nothing  fur- 
ther is  known  of  his  fate,  but  he  doubtless  met  it  with  his 
old  undaunted  courage.  It  may  be  mentioned  as  a  fact 
of  singular  and  almost  romantic  interest  that,  in  the  course 
of  a  sermon  preached  during  the  autumn  of  1849  i'^  ^he 
college  chapel  at  Cambridge,  he  had  said  that,  if  he 
might  choose,  he  would  wish  his  last  resting-place  to  be 
in  the  bosom  of  the  sea — an  unconscious  prophecy,  like 
that  of  Bryant  when  he  hoped  to  die  in  June. 

Resolutions  of  regret  and  sympathy  were  passed  by  a 
meeting  of  his  friends  and  comrades-in-arms  at  Chicago, 
by  a  large  gathering  of  the  bar  of  Cook  County,  and  by 
the  Alumni  of  Williams  residing  in  Chicago.  Many 
eulogiums  were  also  pronounced  upon  him  by  the  press. 

General  Davis  was  gifted  in  an  unusual  degree  with 
bodily  and  mental  vigor.  Over  six  feet  in  height,  well 
proportioned,  fair  in  complexion,  with  light  brown  hair, 
and  blue  eyes  tinged  with  gray,  he  might  be  said  to 
possess  a  more  than  common  share  of  physical  beauty. 
His  voice  was  soft  and  gentle  in  conversation,  but  full 
and  sonorous  in  public. 

The  Chicago  Times  of  October  30th,  1870,  said  of  him  : 
**  His  thorough  insensibility  to  fear  led  him  to  undertake 
enterprises  which,  with  most  men,  would  seem  sheer  fool- 
ishness or  reckless  desperation.  He  would  frel^uently 
start  out  for  the  enemy's  line  accompanied,  as  were  the 
knights  of  old,  by  a  single  squire,  who  in  this  case  was  a 
trusty  sergeant.  In  full  uniform  he  would  pass  into  the 
regions  occupied  by  the  Confederates,  and  would  pene- 
trate their  position  in  every  direction.     On  one  occasion 


1842.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  iii 

he  passed  an  entire  night  in  the  town  of  Dumfries  while 
it  was  occupied  by  a  Confederate  force.  His  very  in- 
solence carried  weight.  He  was  supposed  to  be  accom- 
panied by  an  adequate  force,  and  in  this  way  he  would 
always  rout  small  strolling  parties  of  the  enemy,  or  recon- 
noitre and  capture  some  small  place  without  difficulty." 

To  those  who  knew  the  subject  of  this  notice  in  college 
days  it  would  not  have  seemed  probable  that  one  whose 
tastes  were  of  so  decidedly  intellectual  a  character  should 
make  his  mark  in  life  as  a  man  of  bold  and  daring  action 
upon  the  sternest  field,  perhaps,  which  opportunity  ever 
affords.  To  those  early  friends  his  ready  impromptu 
songs  for  society  use,  his  more  ambitious  yet  ever  suc- 
cessful poetic  flights,  and  his  lofty  philosophic  orations, 
all  alike  clothed  in  the  choicest  diction  and  adorned  by  a 
refined  imagination,  would  have  seemed  almost  certainly 
prophetic  of  a  splendid  literary  career.  Yet  it  was,  per- 
haps, something  of  the  same  coolness  and  the  same  many- 
sidedness  of  mental  operation  evident  in  his  literary  work 
which  underlay  his  military  daring  and  success.  This 
was  reinforced  by  the  sturdy  and  immovable  patriotism 
which  he  inherited  by  birth,  and  the  times  offered  a  more 
propitious  field  for  the  display  of  the  special  cast  of  his 
mind  than  literature  had  at  command.  Thus  he  found 
his  opportunity  where  he  had  little  expected,  and  having 
found  he  surpassed  it. 

He  married,  in  November,  1850,  Martha  W.,  daughter 
of  Josiah  Stickney,  Esq.,  of  Waterto^vn,  Mass.,  and  left 
four  children  by  this  marriage. 

Memorial  Vol.y  in  part. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1842.  Poem,  Fourth  of  July 
Celebration,  1843.  Junior  Ex.,  1844.  Ed.  Wms.  Miscel- 
lany, 1845.     Commencement,  1845. 


*  John  Burr  Skinner,  of  Attica,  N.  Y.,  second  son  ot 
Samuel  Skinner  and  nephew  of  J.  B.  Skinner,  both 
graduates  of  Williams,  was  born  at  Le  Roy,  his  parents* 


112  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1842. 

home,  June  23d,  1822.  He  was  graduated  from  Williams 
in  1842  ;  in  1844  removed  to  Attica,  and  there  studied  law ; 
became  a  member  of  the  prominent  firm  of  Putnam  & 
Hoyt,  and  married  Julia,  only  daughter  of  his  senior 
partner.  In  1868  he  opened  an  office  in  Buffalo,  where, 
although  continuing  to  reside  in  Attica,  he  practised  until 
his  death  in  1870,  at  the  age  of  forty-seven. 

Mr.  Skinner  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  community, 
often  found  in  the  Board  of  Supervisors,  and  everywhere 
"a  most  genial  and  courteous  gentleman,  who  made 
friends  and  commanded  esteem  wherever  he  went."  He 
left  a  son.  Obituary  Record,  1870-71. 


Robert  William  Adam,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
William  and  Charlotte  [Lawrence]  Adam,  and  cousin  of 
J.  A.  Walker  (p.  91),  was  born  at  Canaan,  Conn.,  his 
parents*  home,  September  28th,  1825.  He  was  fitted  for 
college  at  Lenox  Academy,  which  deserves  honorable 
mention  here  for  the  number,  (about  twenty,)  and  quality 
of  its  contributions  through  a  long  series  of  years  to 
our  brotherhood,  many  of  whom  began  to  anticipate 
their  society  connection  while  still  on  academic  ground. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  1 841,  and  was  graduated  in  1845.  During  the 
succeeding  winter  he  taught  at  Sheffield,  Mass.,  and  the 
following  spring  settled  in  Pittsfield,  where  he  has  since 
resided.  Having  spent  the  winter  of  1847-8  in  Yale  Law 
School,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  April,  1849,  ^^^ 
was  engaged  in  professional  practice  until  1865,  when  he 
became  Treasurer  of  the  Berkshire  County  Savings  Bank  ; 
and  this  position  he  still  holds. 

In  1862  Mr.  Adam  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts 
House  of  Representatives. 

He  married,  September  ist,  1852,  Sarah  P.  Brewster, 
of  Pittsfield,  and  has  by  this  marriage  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter.    (1880.) 

Commencement,  1845.    A.M.  in  course. 


1842.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  113 

Rev.  Charles  Jewett  Collins,  of  Rye,  Westchester 
County,  N.  Y.,  only  son  of  Judge  O.  and  Nancy  [Jewett] 
Collins,  was  born  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  his  parents'  home, 
June  25th,  1825.  His  father,  a  native  of  Guilford,  Conn., 
was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  Wyoming  Valley,  and 
subsequently  resided  at  Lancaster,  as  President  Judge  of 
the  Second  Judicial  District  of  Pennsylvania.  His  mother, 
a  sister  of  Commodore  David  Jewett  (see  p.  31),  daughter 
of  David  Jewett,  Jr.,  and  granddaughter  of  David  Jewett, 
Sr.,  was  a  native  of  Montville,  Conn. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  who  is  cousin  of  the  Wal- 
lers and  of  Rev.  A.  D.  L.  Jewett,  D.D.  (see  Index),  was 
fitted  for  college  at  the  academies  in  Wilkesbarre  and 
Lancaster,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1841,  and 
was  graduated  in  1845.  Taught  for  one  year  in  Wilkes- 
barre and  one  in  the  Episcopal  High  School  at  Alexan- 
dria, Va.  In  the  fall  of  1848  became  Tutor  at  Williams, 
and  for  two  years  remained  in  that  position.  In  185 1 
entered  Princeton  Seminary,  and  in  1854  completed  the  full 
course  in  theology.  In  1855  became  Principal  of  the 
Young  Ladies*  Institute  at  Wilkesbarre,  and  in  1856  pastor 
of  the  Grove  Presbyterian  Church,  Danville,  Pa.  In  this 
charge  he  spent  ten  years  very  happily  ;  but  being  com- 
pelled by  ill  health  to  desist  from  preaching,  he  decided 
upon  a  change  of  work,  and  in  1 866  engaged  in  organizing 
and  was  made  Superintendent  of  the  Common  (or  Graded) 
Schools  in  Wilkesbarre,  upon  the  improvement  of  which 
he  labored  earnestly  and  successfully  until  1874.  He  then 
accepted  an  invitation  to  become  Principal  of  the  Pre- 
paratory School  connected  with  Princeton  College,  con- 
tinued as  such  until  the  summer  of  the  present  year, 
retired  at  that  time  from  the  position,  and  in  September 
opened  the  Bradford  Mansion  School  for  boys  at  Rye. 

Mr.  Collins  married,  June  15th,  1859,  Annie,  daughter 
of  Robert  Rankin,  Esq.,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  and  by  this 
marriage  has  had  four  daughters,  of  whom  three  are  now 
living.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,   1843.     Junior  Ex.,   184^.      Presto. 
8 


114  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1842. 

Philologian,  1845.  Commencement,  1845.  A*  M.  in  course. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  (Honorary,)  1867. 


Thomas  Cumming  Davies,  of  Augusta,  Ga.,  was,  dur- 
ing 1842-43,  a  member  of  the  Sophomore  class  in  Williams, 
the  class  of  1845.  His  home  has  continued  as  above,  but 
most  of  his  life  has  been  spent  abroad.  At  last  accounts 
he  was  engaged  in  grape-culture  in  Switzerland.     (1881.) 


*  William  Henry  Philip,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  son 
of  Henry  D.  and  Catherine  D.  [Hoffman]  Philip, — the  lat- 
ter of  the  Van  Ness  family  of  Washington, — was  born  at 
Claverack,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  September  6th,  1824. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1842,  and  was  graduated  in 
1846.  He  then  studied  law  in  Kinderhook  and  in  Wash- 
ington, which  became  his  permanent  place  of  residence, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  after  which  he  went  abroad 
and  travelled  extensively  in  Europe. 

In  April,  1864,  Mr.  Philip  was  commissioned,  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  Colonel  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  Militia,  D.  C, 
and  as  such  he  saw  considerable  service.  In  April,  1862, 
joined  the  staff  of  Maj.-Gen.  Franklin,  and  served  with  the 
Sixth  Corps  during  the  Peninsula  and  Maryland  cam- 
paigns. Was  present  at  Antietam,  and  almost  continually 
on  duty  during  the  "  Sundays'  battles,"  and  was  warmly 
commended  for  gallantry  on  the  field  by  Gens.  McClellan, 
Franklin,  Hancock,  and  others,  in  letters  now  on  file  in 
the  War  Department.  The  former  wrote :  '*  Your  services 
are  entitled  to  marked  recognition  on  the  part  of  the 
government,  and,  as  the  commander  of  the  army  in  which 
you  served  so  bravely  and  efficiently,  I  offer  you  my 
thanks." 

After  his  resignation.  Col.  Philip  engaged  in  practice 
in  Washington,  and  on  the  24th  November,  1864,  married 
Eliza  P.  Worthington,  of  Georgetown  Heights,  D.  C,  a 
,member  of  an  old  and  well-known  Virginia  family.     Own- 


1842.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Willzams.  115 

ing  a  large  amount  of  property  in  Columbia  County, 
N.  Y.,  and  in  Washington,  he  was  in  the  habit  of  spend 
ing  the  summer  and  winter  seasons  respectively  in  those 
places.  His  death  occurred  on  the  7th  of  the  present 
month,  at  the  Buckingham  Hotel  in  New  York,  after  a 
brief  illness,  while  on  his  way  from  Claverack  to  Wash- 
ington, and  was  caused  by  pneumonia.  By  his  marriage 
he  had  a  daughter  and  six  sons,  two  of  the  latter  of  whom 
are  deceased. 

Col.  Philip's  college  associates  will  learn  of  his  death 
with  hearty  sorrow,  remembering  his  many  fine  qualities 
as  a  thorough  gentleman  of  genial  nature,  excellent  literary 
taste,  sound  and  careful  judgment,  and  sincere,  conscien- 
tious life.     (May,  1881.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1845.  Moonlight  Ex.,  1845.  Valedictory, 
Adelphic  Un.,  1846.     Commencement,  1846. 


*  Henry  Marvin  Benedict,  of  Albany ,^N.  Y.,  younger 
brother  of  E.  A.  Benedict  (p.  8o)j  was  born  at  Albany, 
September  i6th,  1827. 

He  was  fitted  at  Albany  Academy  and  at  boarding- 
schools  in  Pittsfield  and  Williamstown,  entered  Williams, 
as  Freshman,  in  1842,  and  remained  until  about  the  mid- 
dle of  Junior  year,  when  he  was  compelled,  by  incipient 
disease  of  the  hip,  to  return  home.  From  this  disease  he 
never  recovered.  It  doomed  him  to  years  of  confinement 
to  his  bed,  and  rendered  him  a  cripple  for  life.  At  first 
he  met  these  sufferings  with  a  stoical  indifference  which 
amounted  almost  to  a  defiance,  seeking  relief  in  close 
reading,  careful  thought,  and  the  use  of  the  pen.  His 
unusual  worldly  advantages  made  him  feel  it  an  especial 
hardship  to  be  cut  off"  from  active  life.  But  after  a  severe 
mental  struggle  he  came  to  resignation  and  was  enabled 
to  regard  his  affliction  in  the  light  of  a  lofty,  intelligent 
Christian  faith,  which  he  manifested  publicly  by  uniting 
with  the  Second  Presbyterian  Church. 

During  the  rebellion,  being   unable  to  serve  in  the 


ii6  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1842. 

army  himself,  his  patriotic  impulses  led  him  to  send  a  val- 
uable substitute.  He,  however,  undertook  the  duties  of 
chief  clerk  in  the  U.  S.  Dispensing  Office  at  Albany,  in 
discharging  which  he  proved  himself  vigilant  and  incor- 
ruptible. The  Solicitor  of  the  Treasury  officially  com- 
mended his  zeal  and  efficiency,  and  in  January,  1865,  the 
Governor  of  New  York  made  him  Acting  Assistant  Adju- 
tant-General, with  the  rank  of  major,  which  was  subse- 
quently advanced  to  that  of  colonel. 

In  1 87 1  he  published  his  ''Genealogy  of  the  Benedicts 
in  America,"  a  work  of  prodigious  labor,  in  the  preface  of 
which  he  says  that  the  time  devoted  to  it  might  be  meas- 
ured by  years,  and  the  correspondence  would  fill  volumes  ; 
to  say  nothing  of  journeys,  searches,  and  personal  exami- 
nations of  books,  in  graveyards,  and  in  the  flesh.  The 
same  year  he  published  *'  A  Contribution  to  the  Stafford 
Genealogy." 

Mr.  Benedict  received  the  degree  of  A.B.  from  Wil- 
liams in  i860,  and  that  of  A.M.  in  1874.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Albany  Institute  and  the  N.  Y.  Genealogical 
and  Biographical  Society. 

In  1870  he  went  abroad,  and  on  the  30th  of  October, 
1871,  married,  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  Louisa  Fowler,  of 
Newburg,  N.  Y.  Their  only  child,  a  son,  was  born  at 
Lausanne  the  following  year. 

The  life  of  the  subject  of  this  notice  was  one  of  suffer- 
ing, yet  he  never  pleaded  exemption  on  that  score.  He 
bore  it  with  submission,  dignity,  and  composure.  He 
was  of  a  generous  and  faithful  spirit,  always  self-reliant, 
naturally  bold,  decided,  and  somewhat  imperious.  But 
trouble  harmonized  his  character,  without  robbing  him 
of  his  energy.  He  was  a  loyal  and  public-spirited  citizen, 
chaste  and  decorous  in  conversation,  virtuous  in  life,  and 
earnest  in  his  Christian  profession. 

He  died  at  Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y.,  July  5th,  1875,. 
and  is  buried  in  Albany  Cemetery. 

Williams  Obituary  Record^  slightly  altered, 

A.B.,  i860.     A.M.,  1874. 


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1843. 

*  Rev.  Justin  Wright  Parsons,  d.d.,  of  Baghchejuk, 
Turkey  in  Asia,  son  of  Lorenzo  (misnamed  at  baptism 
Orenzo)  Parsons,  was  born  at  Westhampton,  his  parents' 
home,  April  26th,  1824.  His  mother's  family  name  was 
Bridgman,  but  both  his  parents  were  descendants  of 
Lieut.  William  Clark  (see  p.  12). 

About  six  months  after  his  birth  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Pittsfield,  which  became  the  family  home 
thenceforth  until  the  father's  death.  This  son  was  fitted 
for  college  at  schools  in  Westhampton  and  Pittsfield,  and 
at  Hopkins  Academy  in  Hadley.  He  entered  WiUiams, 
as  Freshman,  in  1841,  and  was  graduated  in  1845.  I^ 
the  autumn  of  that  year  entered  Union  Seminary,  and 
completed  his  course  there  in  1848,  delivering  an  oration 
upon  the  occasion,  after  which  he  preached  for  a  year  in 
Hancock,  Mass. 

On  the  nth  of  December,  1849,  M^-  Parsons  married 
Catherine,  only  daughter  of  Isaac  Jennings,  M.D.,  of 
Oberlin,  O.,  a  regular  graduate  of  the  college  in  the 
town  in  which  she  lived.  On  the  26th  of  the  same  month 
he  was  ordained  by  the  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New  York, 
and  immediately  after  sailed,  as  a  missionary  of  the 
American  Board  of  Commissioners,  for  Thessalonica,  Tur- 
key in  Europe,  which  he  reached  the  following  June,  and 
where  he  remained  until  1855.  He  was  then  transferred 
to  Smyrna,  and  there,  as  well  as  in  his  previous  station, 
was  engaged  in  work  among  the  Jews,  until  the  Board 
relinquished  that  field  to  the  Church  of  Scotland.  From 
Smyrna  he  returned  in  1858  to  Nicomedia — Ismit,  as  the 
Turks  have  it — in  Asia  Minor,  and  thence,  in  1872,  to 
Baghchejuk.  The  field  around  this  station,  formerly  em- 
bracing the  whole  of  ancient  Bithynia  east  of  Broosa,  is 
now  bounded  on  the  east  by  the  river  Parten  (Parthe- 
nius),  and  on  the  south  by  a  line  running  through  the  Lake 
of  Nice.  His  work  throughout  this  region  was  chiefly 
that  of  superintending  preachers,  teachers,  and  colpor- 


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teurs,  and  made  it  necessary  for  him  to  visit  all  parts  of 
the  field  frequently.  In  1872,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Par- 
sons, who  was  in  the  saddle  for  sixty-six  days  on  that 
trip,  he  made  an  extended  tour  through  the  central  and 
eastern  missions,  visiting  Antioch,  Aleppo,  Aintab,  Diar- 
bekir,  Harpoot,  Erzeroom,  and  Marsovan.  Upon  his  re- 
turn he  removed,  as  already  mentioned,  to  Baghchejuk, 
where,  with  the  aid  of  his  wife  and  a  daughter,  he  opened 
a  school  for  the  education  of  native  girls  as  teachers. 
This  was  a  great  success,  numbering  as  many  as  seventy 
pvipils.  He  also  took  part  in  establishing  a  training  school 
for  male  teachers  and  preachers. 

In  1874  this  faithful  laborer  returned  to  the  United 
States,  and  revisited  the  scenes  of  his  childhood  and 
youth.  He  did  not  tarry  long,  but  soon  went  back  to 
his  work,  and  again  engaged  in  the  visitation  of  stations. 

In  his  trips  for  this  purpose,  which  were  made  upon 
hired  horses,  the  Circassians  who  infest  the  country  not 
permitting  any  but  themselves  to  own  such  as  would  be 
suitable  for  this  use,  he  disposed  of  Bibles  to  thousands 
of  Turks,  Greeks,  and  Armenians ;  and  although  much 
exposed  to  malaria,  and  never  long  free  from  fever  and 
ague,  he  persevered  in  this  work  until  the  fatal  event  for 
which  it  finally  gave  opportunity. 

At  Commencement,  July  7th  of  the  present  year,  his 
alma  mater  conferred  upon  this  distant  son  the  degree  of 
D.D.  While  his  friends  were  rejoicing  at  the  bestowal 
of  this  well-merited  honor  upon  him,  the  sudden  news  of 
his  tragic  death  caused  a  shock  throughout  the  Christian 
world,  and  gave  a  notoriety  to  his  name  altogether  for- 
eign to  his  modest  and  retiring  spirit  and  life.  The  occur- 
rence, which  became  the  occasion  of  immediate  action  on 
the  part  of  Great  Britain  and  the  United  States,  com- 
pelling Turkey  to  prompt  measures  of  reparation,  was 
announced  in  the  early  part  of  August  by  cable  from  Lon- 
don, upon  intelligence  by  telegraph  from  Constantinople ; 
and  the  following  details  were  soon  after  given : 

About  the  i8th  of  July  Dr.  Parsons  and  a  native  helper, 
who  had  often  accompanied  him  upon  similar  excursions. 


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set  out  on  a  tour  of  missionary  visitation.  Upon  their 
return  toward  home,  late  in  the  afternoon  of  July  28th, 
while  on  the  mountain  road  between  Nice  and  Baghche- 
juk,  after  passing  an  encampment  of  Yuruks  (Circassians), 
with  whom  they  had  some  brief  conversation,  they  pro- 
ceeded about  a  mile  farther  on  their  way  and  then  lay 
down  for  the  night,  the  weather  being  warm,  in  the  open 
air.  Here  they  were  found  asleep  by  some  of  the  Yuruks, 
who  determined  to  kill  and  rob  them,  and  stole  upon 
them  so  quietly  as  not  to  awaken  them.  One  of  the 
assassins,  placing  the  muzzle  of  his  gun  almost  against 
the  person  of  the  attendant,  fired  and  shot  him  through 
the  heart.  Our  brother  Parsons,  thus  aroused,  sprang 
up,  but  was  instantly  despatched  in  the  same  manner  by 
a  ball  which  passed  through  his  arm  into  his  side  and 
quite  through  his  body. 

To  this  account,  given  by  the  murderers  in  confession, 
one  of  them  added  that  they  did  not  intend  to  kill  "  the 
old  man  with  the  beard,"  but  feared  if  he  were  spared 
they  might  be  identified  and  punished.  Hardly  anything 
except  a  small  sum  of  money,  scarcely  amounting  to  five 
dollars,  was  taken  from  the  bodies,  which  were  then 
thrown  into  the  bushes,  where  they  were  found  after  the 
alarm  had  been  given  in  Baghchejuk  by  the  return  of 
the  horses  which  the  victims  of  this  cold-blooded  and 
fruitless  slaughter  had  ridden. 

The  people  of  the  town,  amongst  whom  the  deceased 
had  lived  and  labored  for  twenty-five  years,  were  "  con- 
vulsed with  horror  and  grief"  as  the  news  spread  among 
them.  They  had  respected  and  beloved  him  as  most  in- 
defatigable and  self-denying  in  his  labors  alike  for  their 
spiritual  and  temporal  benefit.  Nearly  the  whole  com- 
munity attended  the  funeral  exercises,  and  many  re- 
marked with  wonder  the  peaceful,  sleep-like  expression  of 
the  missionary's  countenance. 

The  Turkish  authorities,  upon  learning  that  a  despatch 
on  the  subject  had  been  forwarded  to  the  British  Em- 
bassy, and  by  it  to  the  American  Consulate,  sent  to  the 
Yuruk  camp  a  squad  of  soldiers,  who,  by  threatening  to 


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shoot  the  whole  tribe  unless  the  culprits  were  surren- 
dered, obtained  possession  of  them.  One  was  condemned 
to  death  and  the  other  two  were  awarded  fifteen  years 
of  penal  servitude.  The  affair  caused  much  consternation 
even  at  Constantinople,  leading  those  intending  to 
travel  to  seek  the  protection  of  an  armed  escort. 

It  is  related  as  a  characteristic  incident  in  Dr.  Par- 
sons' life,  suggested  by  this  occurrence,  that  some  years 
ago,  while  travelling  alone  and  unarmed,  with  nothing  but 
a  small  bundle  of  Bibles  and  Testaments,  he  was  stopped 
by  three  of  the  desperadoes  infesting  the  country,  who 
demanded  his  money.  ''  I  have  none,"  he  answered. 
''  What  are  you  carrying  in  your  package  there  ?"  they 
roughly  asked.  ^'  Only  good  books,"  he  replied  ;  and 
taking  out  some  Bibles,  by  dint  of  exhortation  and  per- 
suasion he  induced  these  ruffians  to  buy  a  copy  each, 
leaving  their  money  with  him  instead  of  taking  his  with 
them.  Such  were  the  courage  and  gentleness  with  which 
he  prosecuted  his  trying  and  difficult  work. 

Dr.  Parsons  had  by  his  marriage  a  son  and  three 
daughters.  The  former,  now  a  Senior  at  Williams,  is 
also  a  member  of  our  Society.  His  second  daughter, 
the  widow  of  Rev.  Albert  Whiting,  resides  in  Nanking, 
where  her  husband,  a  young  missionary,  gave  his  life  for 
the  famine-stricken  Chinese.  Mrs.  Parsons  remains  in 
Baghchejuk,  whither  she  returned  from  a  visit  to  this 
country  a  little  more  than  a  year  since.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1843.  Commencement,  1845.  D-D^ 
Williams,  1880. 


*  William  Clark,  of  Lenox,  Madison  County,  N.  Y., 
son  of  Oliver  and  Deborah  [Lester]  Clark,  was  born  at 
Lenox,  his  parents'  home,  November  5th,  1822.  His  fa- 
ther was  originally  from  Conway,  Mass.,  and  his  mother 
from  Chatham,  N.  Y. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Mr.  Nash,  a 
relative,  in  Pittsfield,  and  entered  WiUiams  during  the 


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autumn  of  1843,  ^s  Sophomore,  in  the  class  of  1846,  but 
was  obliged  to  leave  during  the  course  of  the  year  by 
sickness,  from  which  he  never  recovered.  This  was  due 
to  a  cause  already  operating  at  the  time  of  his  entering 
college.  While  in  his  seventeenth  year  he  was  the  sub- 
ject of  an  accident  which  nearly  proved  fatal  to  him. 
During  a  severe  storm  of  wind  and  rain,  a  large  barn  on 
his  brother's  farm  in  which  he  was  at  work  fell,  and  he 
was  caught  between  a  timber  and  the  floor,  the  beam 
resting  on  his  breast.  For  a  time  it  seemed  impossible  to 
extricate  him  from  the  situation,  and  that  he  must  be 
crushed  to  death.  He  himself  thought  so,  and  bade  his 
friends  farewell.  But  help  arrived  in  time,  and  he  was 
mercifully  saved,  although  with  health  permanently  im- 
paired. 

He  died  of  consumption,  in  his  native  place,  July  22d, 
1846,  having  borne  his  sickness  with  resignation.  ''He 
waited  patiently  for  the  call  of  the  Master  to  come  up 
higher." 

Mr.  Clark  never  married  or  engaged  in  business.  He 
was  much  respected  and  beloved  by  all  who  knew  him, 
and  had  greatly  endeared  himself  to  his  Society  breth- 
ren, during  his  brief  stay  among  them,  by  his  amiable  dis- 
position and  attractive  manner.  Several  sisters  survive 
him.     (Dec,  1879.) 


*JoHN  Fowler  Allen,  of  Orange  Court-House,  Va., 
son  of  John  H.  and  Almira  [Fowler]  Allen,  was  born  at 
Sandisfield,  Mass.,  his  parents*  home.  May  25th,  1824.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  by  his  guardian,  Alexander  Hyde 
of  Lee,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  1843,  ^^^  was 
graduated  in  1 846  with  the  First  English  Oration.  On  the 
day  of  his  graduation  he  left  his  native  State  for  Virginia, 
where  he  engaged  in  teaching  in  the  Male  High  School 
at  Barboursville,  with  Rev.  E.  J.  Willis,  a  K.  A.  brother, 
who  pronounced  him  ''an  able  and  faithful  instructor." 
He  then  taught  at  Harrisonburg,  same  State,  for  twoyears^ 
after  which  he  became  Principal  of  Howard  Male  Acad- 


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emy,  Orange  C.  H.,  where  he  remained,  exerting  an  ex- 
cellent influence,  until  1856,  when  he  took  charge  of  a 
similar  institution  in  Henry  County,  Ala.,  in  which  he 
stayed  for  two  years.  In  August,  1857,  he  married  Eliza 
F.  Atkins,  of  Orange  C.  H.,  and  in  1858  became  Professor 
in  the  Female  College  at  Eufaula,  Ala.  Returning  in  im- 
paired health  to  Orange  in  1863,  he  remained  there  until 
after  the  war,  taking  no  part  in  it,  but  residing  quietly  on 
the  homestead  of  his  father-in-law,  directly  in  the  line  of 
march  of  both  armies,  where  he  was  witness  of  many 
thrilling  scenes.  The  headquarters  of  Gen.  Lee  were  for 
some  time  upon  this  plantation,  to  its  great  injury. 

In  October,  1867,  Mr.  Allen  became  Professor  of  Math- 
ematics and  Natural  Sciences  in  Judson  Female  Institute, 
Marion,  Ala.,  but  was  unable  to  discharge  his  duties  long. 
While  there  he  was  offered  the  presidency  of  a  similar 
institution,  or  college,  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  but  failing  health 
compelled  him  to  decline  this  and  return  to  Orange, 
where,  after  a  most  painful  sickness  of  eleven  months,  he 
died,  May  19th,  1874.  Consumption  had  caused  an  abscess 
in  his  left  side,  which  proved  fatal.  He  was  buried  from 
the  Presbyterian  church  in  Orange,  of  which  he  was 
a  member,  and  rests  in  an  old  family  burying-ground 
near  by. 

Mr.  Allen  left  a  son  (George  Dean)  and  a  daughter^ 
who  reside  with  their  mother  at  Orange.     (Feb.,  1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1845.  First  English  Or.,  Commencement^ 
1846.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


^George  Campbell  Martin,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass., 
brother  of  Calvin  G.  Martin  (p.  77),  was  born  August 
30th,  1827,  at  Pittsfield,  where  he  was  also  fitted  for  col- 
lege. He  entered  Williams  in  1843,  was  graduated  in 
1847,  ^^^d  went  soon  after  to  Ohio,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed as  a  civil  engineer  in  the  building  of  the  Cleveland 
and  Columbus  Railroad.  Thence  he  went  to  Selma,  Ala., 
where  he  was  engaged  in  similar  work.     About  1857  he 


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returned  to  Pittsfield  with  health  much  impaired,  and 
purchased  an  interest  in  a  paper-mill  in  Dalton,  hear  by. 
But  he  was  unable  to  do  more  than  ride  out  to  it  occa- 
sionally. His  health  steadily  declined,  and  he  died  at 
home,  of  consumption,  on  the  24th  of  October,  1859.  ^^ 
was  unmarried. 

Thus  early  passed  away  both  these  brothers,  alike  en- 
deared to  their  friends  and  college  associates  by  unusual 
equability  of  temper  and  kindliness  of  disposition. 


1844. 

Nicholas  Evertsen  Phillips,  of  Galva,  Henry 
County,  111.,  son  of  Col.  William  and  Sarah  [Evertsen] 
Phillips,  was  born  at  Phillipsburg,  Orange  County,  N.  Y.,. 
his  parents'  home,  January  loth,  1826.  His  father  was  an. 
officer  in  the  war  of  18 12;  his  mother  a  native  of  Dut- 
chess County,  N.  Y. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Lee  and  in  South  Middle- 
town,  N.  Y.,  entered  Williams  during  second  term  Fresh- 
man, in  1844,  and  left  at  the  end  of  second  term  Sopho- 
more, 1845.  He  then  remained  at  home  on  his  father's 
farm  a  year,  after  which  he  made  a  voyage  from  New 
York  to  Mobile  before  the  mast.  Upon  his  father's  death 
in  1847  h^  went  to  Illinois,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
business  with  a  brother  and  an  uncle  for  about  four  years, 
when,  becoming  affected  by  the  gold-fever,  he  started  for 
California  with  his  brother  Edgar  (see  following  sketch), 
overland,  by  ox-team.  The  brothers  spent  the  summer  of 
1852  in  making  the  trip,  remained  in  that  State  until  the 
spring  of  1855,  occupied  for  the  most  part  in  mining,  and 
then  returned  East  together  for  a  visit.  In  the  autumn  of 
1856  the  elder  went  back  alone,  via  Panama.  He  engaged 
in  mining  with  success,  mostly  at  Placerville,  Eldorado 
County,  and  after  about  three  years  was  made  Collector  of 
Foreign  Miners'  Licenses,  a  position  which  gave  him  close 
though  profitable  employment.     Two  years  later  he  be- 


124  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1844. 

came  Assessor  of  Real  and  Personal  Property  for  the 
same  county. 

Upon  retiring  from  office  he  again  turned  his  attention 
to  mining,  and  in  company  with  others  built  an  expensive 
quartz-mill,  which,  by  a  sudden  flooding  of  the  mine,  was 
rendered  almost  useless.  Having  thus  lost  nearly  all  the 
fruits  of  previous  prosperity,  he  became  disgusted  with 
mining,  gave  it  up  entirely,  and  returned  to  Illinois, 
where,  in  1865,  he  embarked  in  the  grain  business,  and, 
blessed  with  health  and  perseverance,  has  been  successful 
and  contented  in  his  affairs. 

Mr.  Phillips  married,  September  6th,  1870,  Eliza  Ives, 
of  Galva,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two  sons.     (1880.) 

Edgar  Lewis  Phillips,  m.d.,  of  Galesburg,  111.,  brother 
of  the  preceding,  was  born  at  Phillipsburg,  N.  Y.,  April 
5th,  1827. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  same  schools,  entered 
Williams  at  the  same  time  and  in  the  same  class  with  his 
brother,  but  remained  somewhat  longer  than  he,  leaving 
during  his  first  term  Junior.  He  attended  medical  lec- 
tures in  Cleveland,  O.,  and  began  practice;  in  1852  ac- 
companied his  brother  to  California,  as  already  mentioned, 
where  he  practised  awhile  before  his  return  to  the  East  in 
the  spring  of  1855.  The  following  autumn  entered  the 
St.  Louis  (Mo.)  Medical  College,  and  in  the  spring  of 
1856  received  his  M.D.  from  that  institution.  He  then 
settled  for  a  time  in  Knoxville,  111.,  but  in  1863  removed 
to  his  present  residence,  where  he  has  since  continued  in 
professional  practice.  During  the  war  he  was  for  a  time 
surgeon  in  the  volunteer  service 

Dr.  Phillips  married,  in  May,  1857,  Mary  L.  Sanburn, 
of  Knoxville,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two  sons  and 
two  daughters.     (1880.) 

Joseph  Henry  Budd,  of  Stockton,  Cal.,  was  born  at 
Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  January  13th,  1822. 

He   was    fitted    for    college    at    New    Paltz    (N.  Y.) 


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Academy,  entered  Williams  in  1841,  and  was  graduated 
in  1844  with  the  First  English  Oration.  He  then  studied 
law  in  Poughkeepsie,  and  in  1848  removed  to  Janesville^ 
Wis.,  where  he  practised  in  his  profession  for  a  while. 
His  health  failing,  however,  he  exchanged  his  occupation 
for  the  foundry  and  machine  business,  in  which  he  was 
engaged  until  1857,  when  he  removed  to  California  and, 
with  restored  health,  resumed  legal  practice.  In  i860  he 
settled  at  Stockton,  where  he  has  since  resided,  with  an 
extensive  practice  embracing  many  important  cases. 

In  1849  Mr-  Budd  married,  in  Wisconsin.  He  has,  by 
this  marriage,  two  children.     (1879.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1843.  Prest.  Philologian.  Adelphic  Union 
Ex.,  1843.  First  English  Oration,  Commencement,  1844. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


George  Dean,  of  Oakland,  Cal.,  son  of  Jehiel  and 
Anna  [Lobdell]  Dean,  was  born  at  Amsterdam,  N.  Y.,  his 
parents'  home,  April  i8th,  1824. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Monson  (Mass.)  Academy,, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September,  1844,  and  left 
at  the  end  of  first  term  Sophomore,  for  the  purpose  of 
assisting  his  father  in  mercantile  and  manufacturing  busi- 
ness at  home.  About  two  years  later  went  to  Newark, 
O.,  where  he  entered  the  law-office  of  Hon.  George  B. 
Smythe  as  student  at  law,  but  after  a  year  thus  spent  gave 
up  this  study  and  became  an  operator  in  the  employ  of 
the  Pittsburg,  Cincinnati  and  Louisville  Telegraph 
Company,  in  which  capacity  he  served  them  in  Colum- 
bus, Cincinnati,  and  other  cities  in  Ohio. 

On  the  26th  of  May,  1852,  Mr.  Dean  married  Laura  V., 
daughter  of  Thomas  Bunn,  Esq.,  of  Amsterdam,  where  he 
himself  settled  in  business  soon  after,  and  remained  until 
1859.  H^  then  went  to  the  Pacific  Slope,  spent  about  a 
year  in  Nevada  City,  Cal.,  and  six  years  in  Silver  City, 
Nev.,  where  he  was  engaged  in  a  general  merchandise 
business.     In   i860  he  settled  in  his  present  place  of  resi- 


126  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1844. 

dence,  where  he  was  for  five  years  the  agent  of  the  Cen- 
tral Pacific  Railroad  Company.  Since  then  his  business 
has  been  in  real  estate. 

He  has  by  his  marriage  a  son,  George,  Jr.,  and  two 
daughters.     (Dec,  1880.) 

James  Dickson  Clark,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  oldest  son 
of  Charles  and  Temperance  Clark,  was  born  at  North- 
ampton, Mass.,  November  12th,  1828.  His  parents  were 
descendants  of  Lieut.  Wm.  Clark  (already  mentioned — see 
p.  12),  whose  family  name  they  both  inherited,  and  were 
then  living  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  whence  they  removed  to 
Brooklyn  in  1836. 

This  son  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Northampton 
High  School  and  at  the  private  school,  in  Brooklyn,  of 
Rev.  N.  H.  Griffin,  K.A.,  soon  afterward  Professor ;  en- 
tered Williams,  as  Freshman,  September,  1844;  and  was 
graduated,  with  the  Classical  Oration,  in  1848.  Studied 
law  a  year  in  New  York,  one  in  Harvard  Law  School, 
again  in  New  York,  and  was  admitted  in  the  spring  of 
185 1.  Practised  in  Brooklyn  a  short  time,  and  subse- 
quently until  1855  in  New  York,  and  in  the  autumn  of 
that  year  became  an  instructor  in  the  newly  opened 
Brooklyn  Collegiate  and  Polytechnic  Institute,  in  which 
he  remained  until  1858.  He  then,  with  a  partner,  estab- 
lished the  private  school  of  Clark  and  Brownell,  in  which 
he  continued  until  1864,  conducting  it  alone  during  the 
last  year,  at  the  expiration  of  which  a  partial  failure  of 
health  compelled  him  to  retire  and  spend  some  time  in 
country  living.  In  the  autumn  of  1868  became  engaged 
in  business  in  New  York,  and  so  continued  until  1873, 
when,  and  for  some  time  after,  he  received  a  few  private 
pupils.  In  the  summer  of  1875  a  severe  illness  withdrew 
him  from  active  life,  to  which  he  has  not  as  yet  been  able 
to  return.  His  only  work  since  has  been  upon  the  present 
Record.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 

Latin  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1847.  Classical  Or.,  Com- 
mencement, 1848.    A.M.  in  course.    Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


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1845. 

Hon.  Daniel  Ephraim  Safford,  of  Hamilton,  Mass., 
only  child  of  Capt.  Ephraim  and  Sally  [Roberts]  Safford, 
was  born  at  Hamilton,  his  parents'  home,  February  5th, 
1826.  His  father,  a  master  mariner,  sailed  for  a  number 
of  years  from  the  port  of  Salem,  but  died  before  the  birth 
of  his  son.  The  latter,  left,  by  the  death  of  his  mother 
during  his  infancy,  to  the  care  of  his  grandmother,  was 
fitted  for  college  under  Dr.  S.  H.  Taylor  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1843. 
The  following  year  he  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  and 
in  1848  was  graduated  with  the  Philosophical  Oration. 
He  then  studied  law  in  Boston,  and  in  1849  ^"^^  '5^  in 
Harvard  Law  School,  from  which  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  LL.B.  In  185 1  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Salem, 
where  he  opened  an  office  and  has  since  continued,  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  years'  practice  in  Ipswich.  His 
residence  has  always  been  at  Hamilton,  eight  miles  north 
of  Salem. 

Mr.  Safford  was  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  House 
of  Representatives  in  1861,  and  of  the  Senate  in  1871  and 
'72.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Inspectors, 
from  1873  to  '^6,  of  the  State  Almshouse,  and  from  1876 
to  *79  of  the  State  Prison  at  Charlestown  and  Concord  ; 
and  was  for  the  last  year  chairman  of  the  latter  board. 

He  married,  December  7th,  1854,  Mary  E.  Smith,  of 
Ipswich,  and  by  this  marriage  has  a  daughter  and  two 
sons.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1847.  Prest.  Philologian,  1848.  Philo- 
sophical, Commencement,  1848.  Master's  Oration,  185 1. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


*  Moses  Lyman  Montague,  of  Allendale,  S.  C,  son  of 
Deacon  Moses  and  Harriet  [Smith]  Montague,  was  born  at 
South 'Hadley,  Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  November  25th, 


128  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1845 

1823.  He  entered  Williams,  as  Junior,  in  the  fall  of  1844, 
and  was  graduated  in  1846;  taught  the  High  School  in 
Fairhaven,  Mass.,  from  1847  ^o  1^5 5>  ^"<i  i^  the  latter  year 
removed  to  Beaufort,  S.  C,  where  he  was  occupied  in 
mercantile  pursuits  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  war.  In 
1 86 1  he  engaged  in  teaching  at  Allendale,  and  so  contin- 
ued until  the  cessation  of  hostilities,  after  which  he  worked 
upon  his  plantation  until  his  death.  This  was  caused  by 
malarial  fever,  and  occurred  on  the  28th  of  August,  1868. 
Mr.  Montague  married,  October  15th,  1849,  Mary 
Wilcox,  of  Fairhaven,  and  left  three  sons  and  a  daugh- 
ter by  this  marriage.  Mrs.  Montague  resides  at  Yonkers, 
N.  Y.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1846. 


Chester  Pomeroy  Dewey,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Rev.  Chester  Dewey,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  and  Olivia  H.  [Pom- 
eroy] Dewey,  was  born  at  Pittsfield,  January  loth,  1826. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Sheffield,  was  a  distinguished  grad- 
uate of  Williams  and  Professor  in  that  and  other  similar 
institutions.     His  mother  was  a  native  of  Pittsfield. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  his  father's  ''  gymnasium" 
at  Pittsfield  and  in  the  Rochester  (N.  Y.)  High  School, 
entered  Williams  in  1844,  third  term  Sophomore,  and  was 
graduated  in  1846.  While  in  college  he  was  an  active 
member  of  the  Natural  History  Society  and  secretary  of 
the  Adelphic  Union.  He  spent  the  year  after  graduation 
as  private  tutor  in  Gloucester  County,  Va.,  and  during  the 
two  subsequent  years  assisted  his  father  in  the  latter's 
school  at  Rochester,  and  in  translating  from  the  German 
several  monographs  on  the  Carices  for  Wood's  Botany 
and  Sillimans  Journal.  In  1847  began  the  study  of  law 
in  Rochester,  and  in  1850  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  Dur- 
ing part  of  these  three  years  he  was  also  employed  in  the 
survey  of  a  line  of  railroad  in  Western  New  York,  and  in 
the  business  of  insurance.  In  December,  1850,  he  became 
assistant  editor  of   the  Rochester  AmericaUy  and   subse- 


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quently  its  editor  and  proprietor.  In  the  autumn  of  1858 
spent  some  time  in  Illinois  as  correspondent  of  the  New 
York  Evening  Post  during  the  celebrated  Lincoln-Douglas 
campaign,  in  which  his  association  with  Mr.  Lincoln  was 
close  and  constant.  December  ist,  1858,  he  formed  a  con- 
nection with  the  New  York  Commercial  Advertiser,  of 
which  he  became  successively  city,  associate,  and  manag- 
ing editor,  and  chief  editorial  writer.  In  June,  1874, 
joined  the  Brooklyn  Argus  in  the  last-named  capacity, 
which  he  has  retained  in  the  Union- Argus,  its  successor, 
until  the  present  time.     He  is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1846. 


Henry  Beach  Horton,  of  Chicago,  111.,  son  of  Ste- 
phen and  Laura  [Beach]  Horton,  was  born  at  Skaneateles, 
N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  March  19th,  1827. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  entered 
Geneva  College  (now  Hobart  Free)  in  the  autumn  of 
1843,  ^rid  soon  after  joined  the  Alpha  Delta  Phi  Society 
there.  At  the  end  of  Sophomore  year  left  Geneva,  and 
the  following  term,  autumn  of  1845,  entered  Junior  at 
Williams,  where,  there  being  then  no  branch  of  the  Alpha 
Delta  Phi,  he  was  free  to  join  our  own  Society. 

After  graduation  in  1847  he  went  into  the  produce 
commission  business  in  Mansfield,  O.,  and  in  1851  married 
Adaline,  daughter  of  Lieut.-Governor  Holabird,  of  Win- 
sted,  Conn.  Mrs.  Horton  died  April  3d,  1856,  leaving  a 
son,  who  is  still  living.  Her  husband  soon  after  removed 
to  Clinton,  la.,  where  in  1858  he  took  charge  of  the  Clin- 
ton Herald,  a  weekly  journal.  This  he  edited  during  five 
years,  serving  in  the  mean  time  as  City  Treasurer  and  as 
Mayor  successively. 

In  1 86 1  Mr.  Horton  married  Amanda  J.  Webster,  of 
Elgin,  111.,  and  in  1863  removed  to  Chicago,  where  he 
joined  in  establishing  the  job-printing  house  of  Horton  & 
Leonard,  which  soon  became  one  of  the  largest  and  best 
known  in  the  West.  But  the  great  fire  of  1871  swept 
9 


130  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1845. 

away  in  a  few  hours  the  establishment  which  had  been  so 
successlully  conducted,  and  the  fortune  embraced  in  it. 
Since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  insurance  business, 
having  organized  the  Millers'  Mutual  Insurance  Company, 
with  which  he  is  connected.     (1880.) 


William  Farley  Storrow  Lovell,  of  New  Orleans, 
La.,  brother  of  Joseph  Lovell  (p.  103)  and  fifth  son  of 
Dr.  J.  Lovell,  Surgeon-General  U.S.A.,  was  born  at 
Washington,  D.  C,  November  29th,  1829. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lee,  and  entered  Williams, 
as  Freshman,  in  1845,  but  remained  only  one  term.  In 
1849  ^^s  appointed  midshipman  in  the  U.  S.  Navy,  and 
in  1855  was  graduated  from  the  U.  S.  Naval  Academy. 

Remaining  in  the  service,  he  made  cruises  in  the 
home  squadron  on  the  coasts  of  South  America  and  Af- 
rica, and  accompanied  two  expeditions  to  the  arctic  seas, 
the  first,  during  1850-51,  in  search  of  Sir  John  Franklin, 
and  the  second,  in  1855,  to  seek  for  Dr.  Kane.  He  at- 
tained the  rank  of  lieutenant,  and  between  the  ages  of 
twenty-five  and  thirty  commanded  three  United  States 
steamers. 

He  married,  June  29th,  1858,  J.  Antonia,  daughter  of 
General  John  A.  Quitman,  of  Natchez,  Miss.;  the  follow- 
ing spring  resigned  his  commission,  and  thereupon  began 
cotton-planting  in  Mississippi,  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  Joseph.  This  connection  was  continued  until  the 
death  of  the  latter. 

During  the  late  war  the  subject  of  this  sketch  served 
in  the  Confederate  army  as  Captain  of  Artillery,  after- 
wards as  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  Ordnance  (at  New  Orleans, 
where  his  brother.  General  Mansfield  Lovell,  was  in  com- 
mand), and  finally  as  Assistant  Inspector-General  in  Pem- 
berton's  army. 

In  the  fall  of  1864,  after  the  evacuation  of  New  Orleans, 
he  went  to  England,  running  the  blockade  from  Wilming- 
ton, N.  C,  on  business  for  the  Confederate  government,  and 
returning  to  Mississippi  at  the  close  of  the  war.     Since 


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then  he  has  been  largely  engaged,  in  that  State  and 
Louisiana,  in  cotton  and  sugar  planting,  his  residence  be- 
ing in  New  Orleans.  He  has  three  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, two  of  the  former  being  graduates  of  Southern 
colleges  or  similar  institutions.     (1880.) 

Address,  Care  S.  B.  Newman  &  Co. 


James  Fowler  Dwight,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Hon.  Henry  W.  and  Frances  [Fowler]  Dwight,  was  born 
at  Stockbridge,  his  parents'  home,  January  30th,  1830. 
His  father  was  a  member  of  Congress  and  Trustee  of  Wil- 
liams College,  and  his  mother  a  resident,  before  marriage, 
of  Westfield. 

After  preparation  at  Stockbridge,  Westfield,  and  East- 
hampton,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1845,  ^"d  was  graduated  in  1849. 
He  then  began  the  study  of  law  in  Springfield,  continued 
it  in  Harvard  Law  School  and  in  Germany,  and,  after 
spending  some  years  abroad,  settled  in  practice  in  New 
York.  In  1857  became  Assistant  U.  S.  District- Attorney, 
serving  as  second  to  Hon.  Theodore  Sedgwick.  As 
such  he  devoted  himself,  during  his  term  of  two  and  a 
half  years,  to  the  suppression  of  the  slave-trade  clandes- 
tinely carried  on  from  the  port  of  New  York,  and  at  one 
time  had  under  seizure  for  this  offence  thirteen  vessels, 
which  he  kept  at  work  in  his  own  service.  Proceeding  in 
this  way,  often  at  the  risk  of  his  own  life,  he  finally  suc- 
ceeded in  suppressing  the  whole  nefarious  system  at  that 
point. 

In  September,  i86i,Mr.  Dwight  gave  up  a  lucrative 
practice  and  joined  the  Northern  army  as  second  lieuten- 
ant of  cavalry  in  the  Fremont  Hussars  of  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
In  1863  he  was  Provost-Marshal- General  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Missouri,  his  jurisdiction  including  Missouri, 
Arkansas,  and  Kansas  ;  so  that  he  and  his  cousin  Judge 
Charles  C.  Dwight,  who  was  at  the  same  time  Provost. 
Judge  at  New  Orleans,  controlled  the  whole  slave  terri^ 


132  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1845. 

tory  west  of  the  Mississippi.  His  administration  of  this 
office,  at  its  headquarters  in  St.  Louis,  was  of  a  decidedly 
abolition  character.  After  five  years  of  service,  having 
passed  through  the  intermediate  promotions,  he  was  mus- 
tered out  by  General  Sheridan  at  New  Orleans,  July,  1865, 
as  Colonel  of  Cavalry. 

Returning  to  New  York,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
government,  in  May,  1867,  a  Register  in  Bankruptcy  for 
that  city,  which  appointment  he  still  holds. 

Colonel  D wight  married,  October  3d,  1867,  Charlotte 
Clark,  of  Portland,  Me.,  who  died  March  29th,  1873.  By 
this  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  a  daughter.  On  the  14th 
October  of  the  present  year  he  married  Henrietta  M. 
Latham,  of  New  York.  It  is  his  custom  to  spend  the 
summer  season  with  his  family  at  the  old  home  (rebuilt)  in 
Stockbridge.    (1880.) 

Rev.  B,  W.  Dwighfs  "  Descendants  of  John  Dwight 
of  Dedham'  {N.  K,  1874),  mainly. 


John  Boardman,  M.D.,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  younger 
brother  of  D.  L.  Boardman  (p.  105),  was  born  June  4th, 
1828,  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  then  his  parents'  residence. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Bloomfield,  N.  Y.,  and  in  the 
school  of  Alexander  Hyde,  at  Lee,  Mass.;  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1845,  ^^d  was  graduated 
in  1849.  While  in  college  his  residence  was  at  Rome, 
N.  Y.  After  graduation  he  went  to  Buffalo,  and  began 
medical  studies  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Frank  H.  Hamilton, 
attending  lectures  at  the  Medical  Department  of  the 
*'  University  of  Buffalo,"  and  subsequently  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  graduated  in  April, 
1853.  He  then  settled  in  Buffalo,  where  he  still  remains  in 
practice. 

Dr.  Boardman  was  for  two  years  Demonstrator  in 
Anatomy  in  the  "  University  of  Buffalo  ;"  is  a  member  of 
the  Buffalo  Medical  Association,  Erie  County  Medical 
Society  (of  which  he  has  served  as  president),  and  of  the 
,New  York  State  Medical  Society ;  was  Attending  Physi- 


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cian  to  the  Buffalo  Orphan  Asylum,  1854-58  ;  Attending 
Surgeon  for  a  time  to  the  Buffalo  Hospital  of  the  Sisters 
of  Charity ;  and  for  one  term  President  of  the  Free  Medi- 
cal and  Surgical  Dispensary. 

In  1862  he  married  Frances  S.,  daughter  of  Dr.  A. 
Miller,  of  New  Orleans,  K.  A.  in  Union,  who  died  at  the 
residence  of  his  son-in-law  in  November,  1879.  Mrs.  Board- 
man  deceased  in  August,  1868. 


Samuel  Partridge  Ely,  of  Marquette  (L.  S.),  Mich., 
youngest  child  of  Elisha  and  Hannah  [Dickenson]  Ely, 
and  brother  of  George  H.  Ely  (p.  139),  was  born  at 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  then  his  parents*  place  of  residence, 
October  14th,  1827.  His  father,  a  native  of  West  Spring- 
field, Mass.,  was  a  descendant  of  Nathaniel  Ely,  one  of  the 
settlers  of  that  town. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  reared  by  his  uncle, 
Hervey  Ely,  Esq.,  of  Rochester ;  fitted  at  the  Collegiate 
Institute  in  that  city,  under  Professor  Chester  Dewey  ; 
entered  Williams,  third  term  Sophomore,  May,  1845,  ^^^^ 
was  graduated  in  1847,  ^^'ith  the  Mathematical  Oration. 
He  was  then  engaged  for  a  short  time  in  milling  at 
Rochester,  but  soon  removed  to  Marquette,  in  the  upper 
peninsula  of  Michigan,  and  was  for  a  while  superinten- 
dent of  the  railroad  running  thence  to  the  iron-mines  near 
by.  Since  then  he  has  been  mainly  occupied  in  the  de- 
velopment of  mines  and  the  organization  of  the  produc- 
tive industries  connected  therewith,  especially  in  the  Lake 
Superior  region.  These  deposits,  some  of  the  largest 
and  best  in  the  world,  have,  under  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Ely 
and  his  associates,  been  so  judiciously  managed  that  they 
now  furnish  material  for  one  third  of  the  whole  iron  pro- 
duction of  the  United  States.  Notable  among  them  are 
the  Lake  Superior  and  Republic  mines  of  Marquette 
County. 

During  the  period  of  this  particular  occupation  the 
subject  of  this  notice  was  at  different  times,  for  a  number 
of  years  between   1864   and    1872,  Mayor  of  Marquette, 


134  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1845. 

and  as  a  leading  citizen  of  literary  education  and  ability 
was  often  called  upon  to  deliver  orations,  addresses,  and 
lectures,  a  number  of  which  have  been  printed. 

Mr.  Ely  is  at  present  engaged  in  the  development  of  a 
silver-mine  at  Diamond,  Juab  County,  Utah,  though  re- 
taining his  home  in  Marquette.  He  married,  August  4th, 
1853,  Harriet  H.  Greenough,  of  Cambridge,  Mass.,  who 
died  at  Paris,  France,  August  4th,  1875,  leaving  three  sons 
and  two  daughters.     (1880.) 

Mathematical  Or.,  Commencement,  1847.  Master's 
Oration,  1850.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Hon.  George  Goundry  Munger,  of  New  York  City, 
son  of  Perley  and  Zerviah  [Chapin]  Munger,  was  born 
at  Morrisville,  Madison  County,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  place 
of  residence.  May  24th,  1828. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Rochester  Collegiate 
Institute,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the  autumn 
of  1845,  remained  a  year,  and  at  its  expiration  entered 
Yale  ad  eufidetn,  where  he  became  a  member  of  the  Scroll 
and  Key  Society,  and  was  graduated  in  1848. 

He  then  studied  law  in  Rochester  and  in  Harvard  Law 
School,  settled  in  practice  in  Rochester,  which  had  for 
many  years  been  his  home,  and  became  partner  with  Judge 
Selden,  afterwards  of  the  Court  of  Appeals.  On  the  ist 
January,  1856,  he  became  County  Judge  of  Monroe  County, 
and  in  this  office  he  continued  until  April  ist,  1859.  I^ 
1862  and  1863  he  was  a  member  of  the  State  Senate,  and 
in  the  autumn  of  1865  was  appointed  by  President  John- 
son U.  S.  District-Attorney  for  the  Northern  District  of 
New  York,  in  which  capacity  he  served  until  April  fol- 
lowing, when  he  resumed  practice.  In  1879  ^^  published 
a  treatise  on  the  ''  Law  of  Applied  Payments,"  and  in  the 
spring  of  the  present  year  formed  a  partnership  for  pro- 
fessional practice  in  New  York,  removing  his  residence  to 
that  city. 

Judge  Munger  married,  August  31st,  1852,  Charlotte 


1 845 -J  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  135 

Sweet,  of  Manlius,  N.  Y.,  and  by  this  marriage  has  a  son 
and  three  daughters.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  93  Nassau  Street. 


1846. 

Hon.  Paul  Ansel  Chadbourne,  d.d.,  ll.d.,  President 
of  Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Mass.,  son  of  Isaiah 
and  Pandora  [Dennett]  Chadbourne,  was  born  in  North 
Berwick,  Me.,  October  21st,  1823.  His  ancestors  came  to 
this  country  in  1623  as  agents  of  Mason,  the  patentee  of 
New  Hampshire,  and  settled  at  Portsmouth,  afterwards 
buying  from  the  Indians  all  that  tract  of  land  on  which 
the  village  of  South  Berwick  now  stands,  and  starting 
upon  it  a  water-wheel,  supposed  to  be  the  first  set  in  mo- 
tion on  this  continent. 

During  boyhood  the  subject  of  this  sketch  was  accus- 
tomed to  work  upon  a  farm  in  the  summer  season  and  in 
a  carpenter's  shop  through  the  winter.  Subsequently  he 
served  for  two  years  in  a  drug-store.  At  the  age  of  nine- 
teen he  became  a  member  of  Phillips  Academy,  Exeter, 
N.  H.,  where  he  was  fitted  for  college.  In  the  fall  of  1845 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  but  left  that  class  at  the 
end  of  a  single  week,  was  re-examined,  and  advanced  to 
the  Sophomores.  While  in  college  he  gave  special  atten- 
tion to  scientific  studies  ;  was  much  engaged  with  Profes- 
sor Hopkins  in  the  observatory  and  in  the  field  ;  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Natural  History  Society,  and  was 
much  occupied  in  making  collections  in  botany,  of  which 
he  had  an  extensive  herbarium  at  the  time  of  entering 
college.  He  easily  maintained  the  first  rank  in  scholar- 
ship from  the  beginning,  and  was  graduated  with  the 
Valedictory  Oration  (subject,  "Scepticism")  in  1848. 

He  then  taught  for  a  year  in  the  Freehold  (N.  J.)  In- 
stitute, pursuing  theological  studies  at  the  same  time  with 
Rev.  Dr.  D.  V.  McLean  of  that  place.  The  next  year 
entered  the  Theological  Seminary  at  East  Windsor,  Conn. 


136  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1846. 

(now  at  Hartford),  but,  in  consequence  of  a  severe  fit  of 
sickness,  left  in  the  spring  of  1850  to  become  Principal  of 
the  High  School  at  Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  and  was  soon  after 
licensed  to  preach  by  the  Piscataquis  Association.  The 
same  year  he  became  Tutor  at  Williams,  and  the  year  fol- 
lowing (185 1)  Principal  of  the  East  Windsor  Hill  Acad- 
emy. In  May,  1853,  was  appointed  Professor  of  Chemis- 
try and  Botany  at  Williams,  and  this  professorship  he  held 
for  fourteen  years,  being  also  Professor  of  Chemistry  and 
Natural  History  during  the  last  half  of  that  term  (com- 
mencing in  1858)  in  Bowdoin  College,  and  Professor  in 
the  Medical  School  of  Maine  and  in  the  Berkshire  Medi- 
cal College  at  Pittsfield  for  several  years.  He  also  lec- 
tured for  twelve  years  in  Mt.  Holyoke  Female  Seminary, 
giving  his  courses  during  his  college  vacations.  In  1857 
led  a  scientific  expedition  to  Florida,  and  in  1859  visited 
the  Scandinavian  countries  of  Europe,  including  Iceland , 
and  making  an  extensive  tour.  The  following  year  he 
led  a  scientific  expedition  to  Greenland.  In  i860  he  pub- 
lished four  lectures  on  natural  history  which  he  had  pre- 
viously delivered  at  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  and  gave 
a  course  of  lectures  at  Western  Reserve  College. 

Professor  Chadbourne  was  a  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Senate  for  two  years,  1865  and  1866,  and  during 
that  time  delivered  before  the  Lowell  Institute,  Boston,  a 
course  of  lectures  on  Natural  Theology,  which  was  after- 
wards published.  The  volume  has  been  extensively  used 
as  a  college  text-book.  At  about  this  time  he  was  elected 
President  of  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College  at 
Amherst,  but  his  health  failing,  a  change  of  climate  be- 
came desirable,  and  he  accepted  the  position  of  President 
of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  tendered  him  soon  after, 
which  he  continued  to  fill  until  1870.  He  then  spent 
nearly  two  years  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region,  engaged 
in  locating  and  opening  mines  ;  and  having  been  elected  to 
the  presidency  of  Williams  College  upon  the  resignation 
of  Rev.  Dr.  Hopkins,  on  the  27th  of  July,  1872,  he  was  in- 
augurated into  that  influential  position. 

During  President  Chadbourne's  administration  the  in 


1846.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  137 

terests  of  the  college  have  been  advanced  in  almost  all 
departments.  The  attendance  of  students  has  been  very 
largely  increased,  the  educational  facilities  afforded  by 
the  institution  have  been  extended  and  multiplied,  its 
financial  affairs  judiciously  administered,  and  its  resources 
augmented.  But  after  the  exhausting  labors  of  nine  years 
in  this  service  the  President  has  resigned  his  position  and 
is  about  to  retire  from  it,  notwithstanding  the  Trustees' 
urgent  endeavors  to  persuade  him  to  retain  it  and  the 
general  wish  of  the  Alumni  to  the  same  effect.  His  resig- 
nation is  stated  to  be  due  to  a  desire  for  relief  from  too 
severe  and  engrossing  work,  and  for  leisure  to  be  devoted 
to  important  literary  and  other  projected  undertakings. 

President  Chadbourne's  influence  has  not  been  limited 
to  the  college.  It  has  been  felt  through  all  the  surround- 
ing region  and  the  entire  State.  Being  himself  engaged 
in  business  as  a  cotton  manufacturer,  he  has  been  called 
upon  in  various  ways  to  forward  the  industrial  enter- 
prises of  Massachusetts ;  and  having  a  pronounced  inter- 
est in  politics,  he  has  become  a  leader  in  the  Republican 
party,  taking  an  active  part  in  its  political  campaigns.  In 
1876  was  a  member  of  the  National  Convention  by  which 
President  Hayes  was  nominated,  and  during  the  fall  of 
1880  w^as  made  by  acclamation  Permanent  Chairman  of 
the  Republican  State  Convention  at  Worcester,  which 
nominated  him  Presidential  Elector  at  large,  a  choice  sub- 
sequently confirmed  by  State  vote.  He  has  also  served 
the  State  on  its  Board  of  Agriculture,  as  one  of  the  Hoo- 
sac  Tunnel  Commissioners,  and  in  many  other  positions. 
Is  at  present  engaged  as  editor-in-chief  upon  a  literary 
work  of  national  importance,  to  be  styled  "  The  Wealth 
of  the  United  States,"  which  is  to  be  printed  in  various 
languages  for  distribution  in  foreign  countries,  and  in  the 
furtherance  of  which  the  Department  of  State  at  Wash- 
ington has  engaged  to  co-operate. 

His  life  has  indeed  been  one  of  hard  and  unremitting 
labor,  performed  to  a  certain  extent  under  unfavorable  con- 
ditions, and  may  serve  as  an  example  of  conscientious 
energy  worthy  the  study  of  young  men  entering  upon  the 


138  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1846. 

active  affairs  of  life.  Yet  perhaps  the  heaviest  burden 
of  such  a  career,  the  responsibility  and  care  which  weigh 
on  one  to  whose  personal  attention  are  committed  inter- 
ests closely  connected  with  the  formation  of  human  char- 
acter, could  never  be  the  subject  of  general  observation. 

The  village  of  Williamstown  is  deeply  indebted  to 
President  Chadbourne  for  attention  to  its  concerns.  In 
1855  he  became  President  of  the  College  Horticultural 
and  Landscape  Gardening  Society,  and  his  work  in  this 
position  naturally  led  to  more  effective  efforts  in  a  more 
influential  post  for  the  improvement  and  beautifying  of  a 
town  whose  capabilities,  naturally  of  the  first  order,  had 
been  sadly  neglected.  Under  his  guidance  and  super- 
vision it  has  been  almost  entirely  transformed,  and  by 
means  of  the  removal  of  unsightly  fences,  the  protection 
of  lawns  and  of  grass  borders  along  the  streets,  and  the 
enforcement  of  neatness  about  the  college  grounds,  has  be- 
come entitled  to  be  called  the  model  New  England  village. 

President  Chadbourne  received  the  honorary  degree 
of  M.D.  from  the  Berkshire  Medical  College  in  1859,  that 
of  LL.D.  from  his  alma  mater  in  1868,  and  that  of  D.D. 
from  Amherst  in  1872.  Though  never  ordained,  he  has 
been  almost  incessantly  engaged  in  the  work  of  preaching 
since  college  days,  and  many  of  his  occasional  discourses 
have  been  published.  The  entire  list  of  his  publications 
thus  far,  including  several  important  volumes,  numbers 
more  than  fifty.  The  largest  of  these,  "  Instinct  in  Ani- 
mals and  Men,"  was  issued  in  New  York  in  1872.  He  has 
been  called  on  to  deliver  three  full  courses  of  lectures  be- 
fore the  Lowell  Institute,  a  course  before  the  Smithsonian, 
and  one  on  ''  Science  and  Faith"  before  Union  Theologi- 
cal Seminary,  upon  the  Morse  foundation.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  numerous  literary,  scientific,  historical,  and  similar 
associations,  and  has  received  from  many  others  their 
diplomas,  one  of  the  most  valued  of  which,  conferred  by 
the  Society  of  Northern  Antiquaries  of  Copenhagen,  is 
signed  by  King  Frederic  VII.  of  Denmark. 

Dr.  Chadbourne  married,  October  9th,  1850,  Elizabeth 
S.  Page,  of  Exeter,  N.  H.,  and   by  this   marriage  he  has 


1846.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  139 

had  two  daughters  and  a  son,  the  latter  of  whom  and  one 
of  the  daughters  are  now  living.     (1881.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1846;  subject,  "  The  Temple  of  Science 
not  reared  by  Man."  Valedictory,  Commencement,  1848. 
A.M.  in  course.  M.D.,  (Honorary,)  Berkshire  Med.  Col., 
1859.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.  LL.D.,  Williams,  1868. 
D.D.,  Amherst,  1872.     Mass.  Hist.  Soc. 


George  Hervey  Ely,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  fifth  son  of 
Elisha  and  Hannah  [Dickenson]  Ely,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y., 
and  older  brother  of  Samuel  P.  Ely  (p.  133),  was  born 
at  Rochester,  October  i8th,  1825.  His  father,  soon  after 
marriage,  became  one  of  the  settlers  of  that  city,  then  a 
small  cluster  of  dwellings  in  the  woods  by  the  Fall  of  the 
Genesee.  Here  he  was  long  and  well  known,  and  here 
his  wife  died  in  1832,  in  consequence  of  exposure  while 
caring  for  the  sick  during  the  great  cholera  visitation. 
The  father  then  removed  to  Michigan,  and  with  a  son 
founded  the  town  of  Allegan,  where  he  died,  full  of  years 
and  honors,  as  Senator,  Judge,  and  Regent  of  the  State 
University. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Rochester  High  School,  under  Professor  Chester  Dewey, 
entered  Williams,  at  the  beginning  of  third  term  Sopho- 
more, in  1846,  and  was  graduated  in  1848.  He  then  went 
immediately  to  Cedar  Rapids,  la.,  and  there  ran  a  flour- 
mill  for  two  years,  after  which  he  returned  to  Rochester, 
bought  a  larger  mill,  and  was  heavily  engaged  in  the 
flouring  business  for  seven  years.  During  this  period  he 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Judge  Henry  Welles,  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  residing  at  Penn  Yan.  Mrs. 
Ely  and  an  infant  daughter  deceased  about  two  years  after- 
ward. 

While  in  business  in  Rochester  Mr.  Ely  became  exten- 
sively interested,  in  connection  with  his  brother  Samuel, 
in  the  development  of  the  Lake  Superior  iron  region,  and 
thus  they  together  laid  the  foundation  for  the  growth  of 


140  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1846. 

the  iron  industry,  now  immensely  expanded,  in  that  region. 
During  the  earlier  years  of  the  war  the  older  brother  was 
engaged  for  a  while  in  shipping  coal  from  Philadelphia 
for  the  supply  of  the  navy;  but  in  1863  he  settled  in 
Cleveland,  where  he  has  since  remained,  largely  occupied 
in  the  mercantile  department  of  the  iron  business  men- 
tioned. In  1869,  for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  he  travelled 
in  Europe,  and  subsequently  visited  the  South  and  the 
Pacific  Slope.  About  four  years  since  he  was  sent  as  one 
of  the  representatives  of  the  city  of  Cleveland  to  the 
National  Railroad  Convention  at  St.  Louis,  and  two  years 
ago  as  delegate  from  the  Cleveland  Board  of  Trade  to  the 
Lake  Improvement  Convention  at  St.  Paul,  of  which  he 
was  chosen  president.  In  November,  1879,  ^^  ^^^  com- 
missioned by  the  latter  body  to  oppose  at  Detroit  the 
project  of  bridging  the  river  at  that  point,  before  a  board 
of  government  engineers.  In  fine,  he  has  come,  in  conse- 
quence of  his  activity  in  matters  pertaining  to  the  naviga- 
tion of  the  great  lakes,  to  be  regarded  as  the  especial 
guardian  of  that  interest,  and  has  repeatedly  appeared  be- 
fore Congressional  committees,  as  occasion  demanded,  in 
its  defence. 

In  July,  1878,  Mr.  Ely  delivered  an  address  at  the  Ely 
reunion,  held  at  Lyme,  Conn.,  and  in  August,  1879,  one  of 
more  formal  character  at  the  opening  of  a  new  building 
for  the  Board  of  Trade  in  Cleveland.  During  the  recent 
Presidential  campaign  he  made  political  speeches  before 
large  audiences,  and  the  press  gave  wide  circulation  to  his 
efforts. 

He  has  long  been  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian  Church, 
which  he  has  served  as  commissioner  to  four  different 
meetings  of  its  General  Assembly.  And  thus  in  the 
various  spheres  of  active  life  he  is  filling  the  place  of  a 
leading  citizen  of  the  important  and  rapidly  rising  city 
which  is  his  home. 

Mr.  Ely  married  as  his  second  wife,  in  1856,  Amelia, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Ripka,  of  Philadelphia,  and  by  this 
marriage  he  has  had  a  son  and  a  daughter.  The  former, 
Montague  R.,  a  member  of  our  Society  in  Williams  (see 


1846.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  141 

Index),  deceased  at  Princeton,  under  peculiariy  painful  cir- 
cumstances, during  the  spring  of  the  present  year.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  12  National  Bank  Building. 

Commencement,  1848.     Master's  Oration,  185 1. 


Henry  Walker  Bishop,  of  Chicago,  111.,  son  of  Judge 
Henry  W.  and  Sarah  [Bulkley]  Bishop,  was  born  at 
Lenox,  Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  June  2d,  1829.  His  father 
was  a  graduate  of  Williams  and  a  Trustee  of  the  college, 
as  his  own  father  had  been  before  him.  His  mother  was 
a  native  of  Williamstown,  and  through  her  he  is  cousin  to 
S.  T.  Bulkley  and  nearly  related  to  Professor  E.  H.  Griflin 
and  brothers  (see  Index). 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy,  of  which 
his  grandfather  was  among  the  founders,  and  which  the 
subject  of  this  sketch  and  others  are  at  the  present  time 
endeavoring  to  establish  upon  new  and  permanent  founda- 
tions ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  autumn  of 
1846,  and  remained  until  the  middle  of  Junior  year.  He 
then  left  and  entered  Amherst  College,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  1850.  In  1855  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of 
Massachusetts,  and  the  following  year  removed  to  Chicago, 
where  he  settled  in  practice.  In  1863  was  appointed  Mas- 
ter in  Chancery  of  the  U.  S.  Circuit  Court  for  the  North- 
ern District  of  Illinois,  and  this  appointment  he  now 
holds. 

In  1879  Mr.  Bishop  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
A.M.  from  Williams.  He  married,  August  8th,  1862, 
Annie,  daughter  of  Joshua  Richardson,  Esq.,  of  Port- 
land, Me.,  and  by  this  marriage  had  a  daughter  and  two 
sons.  Of  these  children  a  son  only,  Henry  W.,  Jr.,  is 
now  living.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  33  National  Life  Building. 

A.M.,  Williams,  1879. 


142  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1846. 

Benjamin  Lee  Horton,  of  Skaneateles,N.Y.,  brother 
of  H.  B.  Horton  (p.  129),  was  born  at  Skaneateles,  Au- 
gust loth,  1830.  Was  fitted  for  college  under  Rev.  Dr. 
Muhlenberg  at  College  Point,  Flushing,  L.  I.,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1846,  but  left  early  in  his  Sopho- 
more year.  He  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
but  never  engaged  in  practice.  Subsequently  followed 
mercantile  pursuits  in  New  York,  and  afterwards  held  a 
position  in  the  custom-house  in  that  city.  Of  late  has 
resided  at  the  old  family  home  in  Skaneateles.  Is  unmar- 
ried.    (1880.) 


*  Caleb  Willis  Sanford,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Giles  and  Cynthia  [Willis]  Sanford,  was  born  at  Albany, 
his  parents'  home,  December  7th,  1829. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Albany  Academy  and  in 
the  Mills  school,  South  Williamstown,  and  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1846.  At  the  close  of 
his  first  term  Junior,  in  the  autumn  of  1848,  he  left  college 
and  took  a  position  in  a  wholesale  business  house  in  Bos- 
ton, but  during  the  following  year  returned  to  Albany, 
where  he  became  connected  with  his  father  in  the  lumber 
commission  business.  Upon  the  latter's  retirement  the 
son  became  senior  partner  in  the  new  firm  of  Sanford  & 
Van  Etten,  and  being  successful  in  his  affairs,  himself  re- 
tired a  short  time  after  his  father's  sudden  decease. 

On  the  4th  of  October,  1859,  he  married  Rose  W., 
daughter  of  Hon.  E.  H.  Rosekrans,  a  judge  of  the  Su- 
preme Court  of  the  State,  and  immediately  went  abroad 
with  his  bride.  They  were  absent  about  a  year,  and  upon 
their  return  settled  in  the  city  of  New  York,  where  Mr. 
Sanford  died  very  suddenly  on  the  14th  of  October,  1861. 
While  returning  from  church  for  the  second  time,  on  the 
13th  inst.,  he  was  attacked  by  illness  which  soon  assumed 
an  apoplectic  character.  Shortly  after  reaching  home  he 
became  unconscious,  and  at  five  o'clock  of  the  following 
afternoon  passed  away.  His  remains  were  interred  in 
Albany  Rural  Cemetery. 


1846.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  143 

Mr.  Sanford,  though  of  a  somewhat  retiring  disposi- 
tion, by  his  excellent  abilities,  unusually  refined  taste, 
strength  of  character,  and  upright  Christian  life,  to  which 
were  added  unusual  personal  attractions,  made  many 
warm  friends,  by  whom  he  was  greatly  respected  and  be- 
loved.    (1880.) 


George  Perry,  of  New  York  City,  younger  brother 
of  Albertus  Perry  (p.  107)  and  cousin  of  Azariah  S. 
Clark,  the  founder  of  our  Society  in  Williams,  was  born 
in  Richmond,  Mass.,  December  ist,  1828.  His  paternal 
ancestors  were  pioneer  settlers  of  Connecticut,  the  first 
of  them  in  this  country  having  come  from  England  and 
settled  in  the  township  of  Stratford,  in  that  State,  in  1675. 
His  grandfather.  Rev.  Arthur  Perry,  was  one  of  the  early 
ministers  of  Western  Massachusetts,  among  whom  he  held 
for  many  years  a  prominent  place.  The  first  of  his 
mother's  family  in  this  country  was  Arthur  Aylsworth, 
who  settled  in  the  Providence  Plantations  in  Rhode  Island 
in  1656,  some  of  whose  descendants  still  reside  in  the  old 
homestead  occupied  by  him. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lee 
Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of 
1846,  and  was  graduated  in  1849.  ^^  then  began  the 
study  of  law,  but  shortly  after  deserted  it  for  journalism 
and  literature.  He  has  long  been  connected  with  the 
New  York  Home  Journal,  of  which  he  became  editor  in 
February,  1867,  succeeding  Mr.  N.  P.  Willis.  In  addition 
to  his  labor  as  such  he  has  translated  several  volumes 
from  the  French,  but  his  work  has  been  principally  for  the 
newspaper  press,  and  has  included  poetical  specimens ;  but 
these  have  not  been  collected. 

Mr.  Perry  married,  October  nth,  1865,  lone,  daughter 
of  William  Hinton,  of  New  York,  and  by  this  marriage  he 
has  a  son.     (1880.) 

George  Albert  Blake,  m.d.,  of  Walpole,  N.  H.,  son 
of  Joseph  and  Joanna  [Norris]  Blake, — the  latter  original- 


144  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1846. 

ly  of  Nottingham,  N.  H., — was  born  at  Raymond,  same 
State,  his  parents'  home,  April  4th,  1828. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Phillips  (Exeter)  Academy, 
entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  September,  1846,  and 
was  graduated  in  1849.  ^^  then  began  the  study  of 
medicine  with  Dr.  C.  L.  Hubbell  in  Williamstown,  con- 
tinued it  in  Raymond,  entered  Harvard  Medical  School 
in  1850  and  received  from  it  his  M.D.  in  1853,  studying 
during  vacations  in  Holliston,  Mass.,  where  he  began 
practice.  In  1855  removed  to  Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.,  and 
on  May  28th,  1856,  married  Margaret  Harrington,  of 
Walpole.  The  following  year  removed  to  Burlington, 
la.,  where  he  engaged  in  business,  but  in  1858  returned 
East  and  settled  in  his  present  home. 

On  the  6th  November,  1861,  Dr.  Blake  entered  the  ser- 
vice of  the  U.  S.  Sanitary  Commission,  and  was  ap- 
pointed inspector  of  the  camp  and  forces,  under  General 
Sedgwick  and  others,  lying  south  and  west  of  Alexandria, 
Va.  It  being  proposed  to  him  to  join  General  Butler's 
expedition  against  New  Orleans,  he  sailed  from  Boston, 
January  ist,  1862,  for  service  at  Ship  Island,  where  he  re- 
mained until  the  advance  and  attack  on  the  city  in  May 
following,  at  which  he  was  present.  From  this  time  until 
October  25th,  1865,  his  headquarters  were  at  New  Or- 
leans, but  he  was  present  at  the  siege  of  Port  Hudson, 
in  May  and  June,  1863,  and  in  the  spring  of  1864  fitted  up 
a  hospital  steamer  for  sick  and  wounded,  which  he  accom- 
panied to  Cairo,  111.,  and  then  returned  home  for  a  visit. 
On  the  2d  of  July,  1864,  he  sailed  from  New  York  for 
New  Orleans  in  the  steamer  Locust  Point,  which  collided, 
at  one  o'clock  the  next  morning,  with  the  Matanzas, 
bound  to  New  York,  and  sank  in  about  seven  minutes, 
carrying  down  with  her  every  passenger  on  the  port  side 
except  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  including  the  sharer  of 
his  state-room.  Seizing  a  settee,  the  Doctor  jumped  over- 
board with  it,  not  daring,  in  the  darkness,  to  throw  it 
over  and  take  the  risk  of  finding  it  again.  In  doing  this 
he  received  a  severe  blow,  but  kept  his  hold  and,  trusting 
to  his  physical  endurance,  floated  about  in  the  open  sea 


1846.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  145 

for  an  hour  and  a  half.  He  was  then  picked  up  by  a  boat 
from  the  Matanzas  and  carried  back  to  New  York,  with 
the  loss  of  his  clothing  and  money.  After  a  brief  visit 
at  home  for  repairs,  he  again  sailed  for  New  Orleans 
immediately  after  the  capture  of  the  revenue  steamer 
Gushing  by  the  Florida,  off  the  coast  of  Maine,  and  pro- 
ceeding to  Galveston  and  Mobile  in  the  service  of  the 
Commission,  ministered  to  the  needs  of  military  prisoners, 
both  Union  and  Confederate.  In  the  fall  of  1865  he  re- 
turned home,  but  he  again  entered  the  service  as  cashier 
in  the  office  of  the  Pension  and  Claim  Agency  at  Wash- 
ington, where  he  remained  until  the  business  was  closed 
and  the  Commission's  archives  removed  to  New  York, 
when  he  finished  up  the  work,  returned  to  Walpole  and 
resumed  his  practice.     (1880.) 

Greek  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1848.  Commencement,  1849. 
Mass.  Med.  Soc. 


1847. 

Edgar  Cronkhite,  of  Waseca,  Minn.,  son  of  George 
and  Parmelia  Cronkhite,  was  born  at  Glenn's  Falls,  N.  Y., 
his  parents'  home,  in  1826. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Glenn's  Falls  Academy, 
and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1845,  but 
left  in  the  spring  of  1847,  ^^<^  spent  the  following  four 
years  in  the  city  of  Washington  and  in  travel  at  the  South. 
In  1852  returned  home,  and  later  in  that  year  began  the 
study  of  law  in  Buffalo.  After  a  year  was  admitted  to 
the  bar,  and  removed  to  Neenah,  Wis.,  where  he  prac- 
tised a  while  and  served  as  Register  of  Deeds  for  Winne- 
bago County.  He  subsequently  removed  to  Rochester, 
Minn.,  and  continued  legal  practice  there.  During  his 
residence  in  that  place  he  took  part,  as  captain  of  a  com- 
pany of  cavalry,  in  General  Sibley's  expedition  against 
the  Indians  occupying  the  north-west  part  of  the  State, 
and  was  x\djutant  of  the  Post  at  Forts  Snelling  and  Ridge- 


146  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1847. 

ley.  He  has  for  some  time  been  a  resident  of  Waseca, 
and  is  Auditor  of  Waseca  County,  practises  his  profession, 
and  interests  himself  in  agriculture.    Is  unmarried.    (1880.) 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1846. 


Rev.  Robert  Russell  Booth,  d.d.,  of  New  York 
City,  oldest  son  of  William  A.  and  Alida  [Russell]  Booth, 
and  brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  H.  M.  Booth  (see  Index),  was  born 
in  New  York,  his  parents'  place  of  residence.  May  i6th, 
1830. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  New  York  University 
Grammar  School,  and  entered  the  University,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  fall  of  1845.  Remained  through  Sophomore 
year,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1847  entered  the  Junior  class 
at  Williams,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1849.  The  same 
year  entered  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  whence  he 
was  graduated  in  1852.  After  spending  some  months  in 
Europe  and  the  East  he  returned,  and  in  the  autumn  of 
1853  married  Emma  L.,  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Lathrop,  of 
Auburn.  By  this  marriage  he  has  had  two  children,  both 
of  whom  died  in  early  childhood.  In  November  of  the 
same  year  he  was  ordained  colleague  with  Rev.  Dr. 
Beman  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Troy,  N.  Y.> 
and  in  that  position  he  remained  for  three  and  a  half 
years.  Early  in  1857  was  installed  in  the  First  Presby- 
terian Church,  Stamford,  Conn.,  during  his  connection 
with  which  he  made  a  second  trip  to  the  East  for  the  sake 
of  health.  In  March,  1861,  was  settled  over  the  Mercer 
Street  Presbyterian  Church  in  New  York;  in  1864  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  D.D.  from  the  University  of  New 
York;  and  in  1868,  impelled  by  the  generous  action  of  his 
people,  again  visited  Europe,  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Booth,, 
and  was  absent  about  seven  months.  In  the  fall  of  1870, 
after  the  reunion  of  the  Old  and  New  School  Presby- 
teries, the  Mercer  Street  church  united  with  that  in  Uni- 
versity Place  (cor.  Tenth  St.),  removing  to  the  edifice  of 
the  latter,  and  Dr.  Booth  became  pastor  of  the  new  or- 
ganization, his  present  charge. 


i847«]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  147 

The  subject  of  this  sketch,  an  active  worker  through 
life,  fining  responsible  positions  with  efficiency  and  suc- 
cess, has  been  a  Trustee  of  Williams  since  1866,  is  Chair- 
man of  the  Assembly's  Committee  on  Foreign  Missions, 
member  of  the  American  Board's  Prudential  Committee 
and  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Evangelical  Alli- 
ance, Director  of  Union  Seminary,  and  member  of  the 
Union  League  and  the  Century  Club. 

Perhaps  his  most  important  work  thus  far,  outside  the 
pastoral  charge,  has  been  that  done  by  him  as  one  of  the 
Church  Extension  Committee,  in  its  endeavors  to  secure 
the  discharge  of  debts  resting  upon  the  Presbyterian 
churches  in  New  York.  These  obligations  have  been 
almost  entirely  removed,  mainly  through  the  efforts  of 
this  committee.  Dr.  Booth's  own  church  is  thoroughly 
organized  as  a  working  body,  and  sustains  several  mis- 
sions in  needy  parts  of  the  city. 

The  burden  of  all  this  work  told  so  heavily  upon  the 
pastor's  health  that  he  was  compelled  to  desist  from 
preaching  in  the  fall  of  1879.  After  a  winter's  rest  and 
another  summer's  trip  abroad,  he  has  happily  been 
granted  an  autumn's  restoration  to  his  pulpit  and  people. 

Dr.  Booth  has  permitted  the  publication  of  a  number 
of  his  sermons,  besides  making  frequent  contributions  to 
the  religious  journals.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Commencement,  1849.  ^'  M.  in  course.  D.  D.,  N.  Y. 
University,  1864. 


Ambrose  Newell  Merrick,  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  son  of 
Reuel  and  Maria  [Fenton]  Merrick,  was  bom  at  Brim- 
field,  Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  February  9th,  1827.  Was 
fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary,  entered  Williams, 
as  Sophomore,  September,  1847,  ^^<^  was  graduated  in 
1850,  after  which  he  was  engaged  for  four  years  in  agri- 
cultural pursuits  at  home.  In  1855  he  entered  the  law-, 
office  of  Hon.  George  Ashmun,  in  Springfield,  and  in 
March,  1857,  was  admitted  to  the  bar.     Engaging  in  prac~- 


148  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1847. 

tice  in  Springfield  until  1867,  he  served  during  that  time 
as  a  member  of  the  Common  Council  for  three  years,  in 
one  of  which  he  was  its  presiding  officer;  also  as  City 
Solicitor  for  one  year,  and  for  one  (1864)  as  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  County  Commissioners.  In  1865  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Williams 
Society  of  Alumni.  In  1869  an  affection  of  the  throat  oc- 
casioned his  removal  with  his  family  to  California.  After 
four  years  spent  on  the  Pacific  coast,  at  Los  Angeles,  San 
Francisco,  and  in  Washington  Territory,  he  returned  east- 
ward and  settled  in  Minneapolis.  In  1872  was  elected 
City  Attorney  there,  and  this  office  he  held  for  three 
years.  His  practice  was  extensive  and  increasing,  but  in 
1876  regard  for  the  health  of  his  family  made  it  necessary 
for  him  again  to  remove.  St.  Louis  then  became  his  place 
of  residence,  where  he  is  now  actively  engaged  in  a  prac- 
tice largely  in  the  criminal  courts. 

In  November,  1858,  Mr.  Merrick  married  Sarah  B. 
Warriner,  of  Springfield,  Mass.  By  this  marriage  he  has 
had  eight  children,  of  whom  five  are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1848.  Junior  Ex.,  1849.  Commence- 
ment, 1850. 


*  Converse  Augustus  Kellogg,  of  Chicago,  111., 
son  of  Augustus  and  Cornelia  [Hart]  Kellogg,  was  born 
at  Skaneateles,  N.  Y.,  his  parents*  home,  November  2d, 
1830.  He  was  a  nephew  of  D.  H.  Kellogg  (p.  102),  and 
his  name  in  reality  Augustus  Converse  Kellogg,  al- 
though he  wrote  it  as  above.  His  mother's  home  before 
marriage  was  in  Utica,  N.  Y.  After  her  death,  which 
occurred  during  his  infancy,  he  was  taken  and  brought  up 
by  an  aunt  residing  in  Buffalo,  and  was  fitted  for  college 
at  schools  in  that  city.  He  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  fall  of  1847,  ^^^  remained  until  some  time 
during  his  Junior  year  (1849-50),  when  he  left  college. 
Soon  after  he  settled  in  Chicago,  where  he  was  engaged 
for  awhile  as  a  telegraph  operator.     Subsequently  he  was 


1 847-]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  149 

connected  with  some  of  the  newspapers  there.     He  died 
in  New  York  in  March,  i860. 

His  very  winning  manners,  amiable  disposition,  and 
youthful  grace  made  him  generally  popular  and  endeared 
him  much  to  his  intimate  friends. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1849. 


*  Dudley  Field,  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Hon. 
David  Dudley  Field  and  Jane  L.  [Hopkins]  Field,  was  born 
in  New  York,  November  28th,  1830.  His  father,  a  grad- 
uate of  Williams,  has  always  been  among  its  warmest 
friends.     His  mother  was  a  cousin  of  President  Hopkins. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  a  private  tutor,  entered 
Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the  autumn  of  1847,  ^^d  was 
graduated  in  1850  with  the  Philosophical  Oration.  On 
that  occasion  his  father  delivered  the  address  before  the 
Alumni,  and  his  grandfather.  Rev.  David  Dudley  Field,  of 
Stockbridge,  closed  the  Commencement  exercises  with 
prayer. 

He  then  spent  eighteen  months  in  European  travel, 
upon  his  return  studied  law  in  his  father's  office,  and 
subsequently  became  his  partner  in  a  very  large  business, 
maintaining  the  connection  until  his  decease.  During 
this  time  he  was  engaged  in  many  important  cases,  among 
which  some  of  the  most  noteworthy  were  that  of  Quimbo 
Appo,  about  twenty  years  since,  the  suit  involving  the 
Mariposa  estate,  in  which  General  Fremont  was  claimant ; 
the  Erie  Railroad  litigation,  and  the  defence  of  Tweed. 
Recently  he  had  taken  a  prominent  part  in  the  legal  af- 
fairs of  the  New  York  Elevated  Railroad,  and  in  the  con- 
flict between  the  Western  Union  and  the  American  Union 
Telegraph  companies.  He  was  a  laborious  worker,  an 
able  lawyer,  and  an  effective  speaker  at  the  bar. 

Mr.  Field  left  his  office,  apparently  in  excellent  health 
and  spirits,  on  the  4th  of  August  last,  and  on  the  follow- 
ing day  started  from  his  summer  residence  at  Hastings-on- 
the-Hudson  for  a  drive  across  the  country  to  Stockbridge, 


150  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1B47. 

to  attend  a  family  gathering  during  the  ensuing  week. 
He  reached  his  place  of  destination  on  the  9th,  still  ap- 
parently well,  but  became  seriously  ill  the  same  night,  and 
died  on  the  morning  of  the  loth.  He  had  for  some  time 
been  subject  to  heart-disease,  and  this  occasioned  his 
death. 

Mr.  Field  married,  January  13th,  1861,  Laura  J.  Bel- 
den,  of  New  York,  and  by  this  marriage  he  had  two  chil- 
dren, both  of  whom  are  deceased.     (1880.) 

N.  V.  Tribune^  Aug.  11  th^  m part. 

Junior  Ex.,  1849.  Philosophical,  Commencement,  1850. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Hon.  Charles  Augustus  Dewey,  of  Milford,  Mass., 
son  of  Hon.  Charles  A.  and  Caroline  [Clinton]  Dewey, 
and  brother  of  Hon.  Francis  H.  and  Dr.  George  C.  Dewey 
(see  Index),  was  born  at  Northampton,  Mass.,  his  parents* 
home,  December  29th,  1830.  His  mother  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  General  James  C.  and  sister  of  Governor  DeWitt 
Clinton  of  the  State  of  New  York. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Northampton  High 
School  and  at  Williston  Seminary,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  Salutatory  Oration.  Entered  Wil- 
liams in  1847,  ^^d  was  graduated  in  185 1,  again  with  the 
Salutatory.  Studied  law  in  Harvard  Law  School  and 
afterwards  in  New  York,  where  he  practised  for  a  time. 
In  1856  went  to  Davenport,  la.,  and  was  engaged  there 
lor  two  years  in  legal  and  real-estate  business,  after  which, 
in  1859,  he  returned  to  Massachusetts  and  settled  in  Mil- 
ford,  his  present  residence.  After  practising  there  for 
about  two  years  he  was  appointed  successively  Trial  Jus- 
tice, Justice  of  the  Police  Court,  and  Justice  of  the  Third 
District  Court  of  Southern  Worcester,  which  last  position 
he  has  held  since  1872.  As  a  resident  of  Milford  he  has 
had  much  to  do  with  the  management  of  the  town  schools 
and  library. 

Judge  Dewey  married,  March  12th,  1867,  Marietta  N. 


1 847-]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  151 

Thayer,  of  Milford,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  daugh- 
ter.    (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1850.      Salutatory,  Commencement,   185 1. 
A.M.  in  course.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


*  William  Richard  Benjamin,  of  Elmira,  N.  Y.,  only 
son  of  Simeon  and  Sarah  W.  [Goldsmith]  Benjamin, — 
the  former  a  native  of  Riverhead  and  the  latter  of  Matti- 
tuck,  both  on  Long  Island, — was  born  February  26th,  1827, 
at  Newtown  (near  Brooklyn),  where  his  father,  who  was 
engaged  in  business  in  the  city  of  New  York,  then  re- 
sided. Upon  retiring  from  this  business  Mr.  Benjamin 
removed  to  Elmira,  whence  his  son  was  sent  to  school  at 
Geneva  for  study  preparatory  to  the  collegiate  course. 
He  entered  Geneva  (now  Hobart  Free)  College  in  the 
fall  of  1845,  as  Freshman,  soon  after  joined  the  K.  A.  So- 
ciety there,  remained  until  the  end  of  Sophomore  year, 
and  in  the  autumn  of  1847  entered  the  Junior  class  at  Wil- 
liams, with  which  he  was  graduated  in  1849.  Although 
his  health  was  already  much  impaired,  he  occupied  him- 
self for  a  time  in  the  office  of  his  father,  a  man  of  wealth 
engaged  in  real-estate  transactions.  But  he  could  not 
long  endure  even  this  confinement.  He  travelled  a  little, 
took  great  enjoyment  in  quiet  home  life,  declined  gradu- 
ally, and  died  among  those  he  loved  best,  on  the  i6th  of 
January,  1852,  of  acute  congestion  of  the  lungs,  or  per- 
haps consumption,  which  had  long  been  preying  upon 
him. 

The  ceremonies  of  his  funeral  were  observed  on  the 
19th,  a  *'  black  and  tempestuous  day,  one  of  the  coldest 
and  stormiest  of  the  season."  Yet  the  whole  community 
came  together ;  "Tiothing  but  sorrow  could  have  drawn 
them  on  such  a  day."  A  sermon  was  preached  in  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  which  the  deceased  had  at- 
tended, by  its  pastor.  Rev.  Dr.  Murdoch,  afterwards  of 
New  Haven,  who  bore  testimony  to  the  humble  hope  of 
the  deceased  in  a  merciful  Saviour,  expressed  to  himself. 


152  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1847. 

Then  the  remains,  attended  by  a  large  procession,  were 
laid  in  Woodlawn  Cemetery,  near  by. 

This  brother,  adopted  into  our  Williams  branch,  was 
greatly  beloved  among  us,  as  among  his  own  earlier  associ- 
ates at  Geneva.  Peculiar  in  his  manner  and  almost  feminine 
in  his  nature,  he  was  yet  full  of  kindly  and  genial  feeling, 
ardent  in  his  attachments,  and  every  inch  a  gentleman.  As 
a  son  he  was  very  affectionate  and  tender.  His  character, 
as  all  might  see  at  a  glance,  was  one  of  uncommon  purity 
and  amiability.  His  tastes  were  simple  yet  refined.  He 
was  passionately  fond  of  flowers,  and  loved  neatness, 
order,  and  tastefulness  in  all  things.  In  his  friendships 
also  he  was  select,  but  those  to  whom  he  gave  his  regard 
found  him  always  a  most  agreeable  companion  and  a  warm 
and  constant  friend. 


Orlando  Bird  Bidwell,  of  Freeport,  111.,  son  of  Bar- 
nabas and  Betsy  [Curtis]  Bidwell,  was  born  at  Monte- 
rey, (formerly  South  Tyringham,)  Berkshire  County, 
his  parents'  home,  July  22d,  1829.  Is  cousin  of  H.  M. 
Sabin  (p.  167).  His  great-grandfather,  Rev.  Adonijah  Bid- 
well,  was  the  first  Congregational  minister  of  the  town, 
and  the  homestead  on  which  he  lived  is  still  occupied  by 
the  father  of  our  subject.  Several  members  of  the  family 
have  been  graduates  of  Williams. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary,  and  in  the 
fall  of  1846  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  but  left  while 
Sophomore  and  entered  upon  business,  setthng  in  1856  in 
his  present  place  of  residence.  In  1870  became  President 
of  the  First  National  Bank  of  Freeport,  in  which  he  had 
been  a  director  from  its  organization,  and  still  occupies 
this  position. 

Mr.  Bidwell  has  been  President  of  the  School  Board  of 
Freeport,  is  elder  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and 
was  for  a  time  a  Trustee  of  Beloit  College.  In  1 876  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  Williams  Society  of  Alumni. 

He  married,  in  1850,  Candace  Ransom,  of  Otis,  Mass., 
and  by  this  marriage  had  a  daughter  and  two  sons.     Both 


1 847-]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  153 

the  latter  have  been  members  of  Williams  and  belong  to 
our  Society. 

After  the  decease  of  his  first  wife  in  1865,  Mr.  Bid  well 
married,  October  1866,  Margaret  J.  Townsend,  of  Great 
Harrington,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  three 
daughters.    (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1847. 


1848. 

*  Edwin  Ely  Bronk,  of  Coxsackie,  N.  Y.,  oldest  son  of 
Leonard  and  Maria  [Ely]  Bronk,  was  born  at  Coxsackie, 
the  family  home,  July  nth,  1829.  He  was  the  brother  of 
Leonard  Bronk,  Jr.,  subject  of  the  following  notice,  and 
related  to  L.  J.  Bronk,  K.  A.  of  Union. 

So  closely  were  the  subject  of  this  sketch  and  his 
brother  united  that  it  is  difficult  to  present  the  brief  stories 
of  their  lives  apart.  They  were  fitted  for  college  together 
at  the  village  academy,  entered  Williams  at  the  same  time, 
during  the  fall  term  in  1847,  although  in  different  classes, 
and  occupied  the  same  room  until  the  graduation  of  the 
elder.  While  both  were  living  they  were  seldom  seen  long 
apart. 

The  older  brother  entered  the  Sophomore  class,  main- 
tained an  excellent  standing,  and  was  graduated  in  1850. 
He  subsequently  studied  at  the  Albany  Law  School, 
which  he  left  in  the  spring  of  1853.  In  the  autumn  of  the 
same  year  he  accompanied  Leonard,  whose  health  was 
already  fast  breaking  down,  to  Florida,  whence  they  re- 
turned the  following  spring,  not  long  before  the  invalid's 
death.  The  survivor  went  abroad  a  year  later,  and  re- 
mained away  about  two  years,  travelling  through  Great 
Britain,  the  continental  countries,  including  Russia  and 
Turkey,  in  Egypt  and  the  Holy  Land.  Soon  after  his  re- 
turn, a  tendency  to  the  same  disease  which  had  been  fatal 
to  his  brother  began  to  show  itself  in  him,  his  health  en- 


154  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1848. 

tirely  failed,  and  he  died  at  home,  of  consumption,  on  the 
22d  of  June,  1861. 

A  striking  and  handsome  personal  appearance,  together 
with  unusual  amiabihty  of  disposition,  refinement  of  man- 
ner, and  delicacy  of  feeling,  combined  with  excellence  of 
principle  and  elevation  of  character,  made  this  member 
of  our  Society  generally  esteemed,  and  warmly  endeared 
him  to  those  who  could  gain  the  friendship  guarded  by 
his  natural  reserve.     He  was  unmarried. 

Junior  Ex.,  1849.  Commencement,  1850.  Master's 
Oration,  1853. 


*  Leonard  Bronk,  Jr.,  of  Coxsackie,  N.  Y.,  only 
brother  of  the  preceding,  was  born  at  Coxsackie,  October 
2ist,  1831. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  village  academy,  en- 
tered Williams,  as  Freshman,  during  the  fall  term  of  1847, 
and  was  graduated  in  185 1  with  the  Historical  Oration.  He 
then  studied  law  in  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  and  in  1852  entered 
the  Albany  Law  School,  from  which  he  received  the -de- 
gree of  LL.B.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar  April  8th,  1853, 
but  his  health  beginning  to  fail  at  about  that  time,  went  to 
Florida,  accompanied  by  his  brother,  in  the  fall  of  the  same 
year,  only  to  return  the  following  spring  and  die  in  mid- 
summer, July  23d,  1854.  In  this  early  departure  he  was 
"  calm,  peaceful,  and  resigned." 

Thus  were  removed  by  consumption,  so  fatal  to  the 
membership  of  our  Society,  these  much-loved  and  admired 
brothers,  models  of  amiability  in  disposition  and  correct- 
ness in  life,  who  were  apparently  just  entering  upon  careers 
of  much  promise.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was  one  who, 
although  reticent  and  retiring,  could  win  and  retain  the 
strong  attachment  of  such  as  valued  quiet  worth  and  true 
though  often  hidden  feeling.     He  was  unmarried. 

Junior  Ex.,  1850.     Historical,  Commencement,  185 1.     \ 


1848.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  155 

James  Henry  Rogers,  m.d.,  of  Sag  Harbor,  Suffolk 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Nathan  and  Caroline  [Denison]  Rogers, 
both  natives  of  Long  Island,  was  born  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  September  ist,  1829. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  a  private  tutor,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1848,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1852.  In  1855,  after  the  usual  course,  received  the 
degree  of  M.D.  from  Jefferson  Medical  College,  Philadel- 
phia, and  in  both  these  years  of  graduation  travelled 
abroad.  In  1858  commenced  the  practice  of  medicine  in 
New  York,  and  in  1861  travelled  in  South  America.  The 
latter  part  of  that  year  he  joined  the  army  for  the  sup- 
pression of  the  rebellion,  and  after  six  months  of  hospital 
duty  in  Wisconsin  came  out,  sick.  Subsequently  he  went, 
as  one  of  the  surgeons  attached  to  the  Seventh  New  York 
Volunteers,  to  Baltimore,  and  was  detailed  to  take  charge 
of  the  post  at  Fort  McHenry.  From  1863  to  1865  prac- 
tised in  New  York,  but  his  health  not  being  robust,  he 
then  removed  to  his  present  country  residence,  where  he 
engages,  to  some  extent,  in  professional  work. 

Dr.  Rogers  married  in  1866. 


*  John  Ellis  Blake,  m.d.,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Hon.  John  R.  and  Helen  [Ellis]  Blake,  was  born  at  Brat- 
tleboro,  Vt.,  his  parents'  home,  October  20th,  1831. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Brattleboro  High 
School  and  the  academies  in  Northfield  and  Deerfield, 
Mass.,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  autumn 
of  1848.  At  the  end  of  his  first  year  he  left  Williams,  en- 
tered Cambridge  University  ad  eiindem,  and  in  1852  was 
graduated  there.  While  at  Cambridge  he  was  a  member 
of  the  Porcellian  and  Hasty-Pudding  clubs. 

He  then  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of 
Drs.  J.  C.  and  M.  Warren,  in  Boston,  having  charge  at  the 
same  time  (for  three  years)  of  the  Warren  Museum  of 
Comparative  Anatomy,  and  thus  securing  special  training 
in  surgery.  His  formal  course  was  taken  in  Harvard 
Medical  School,  from  which  he  received  his  M.D.  in  1855. 


156  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1848. 

He  was  then  attached  to  the  Massachusetts  General  Hos- 
pital, whence  he  was  drafted  into  the  Boston  Cholera  Hos- 
pital, at  a  time  when  the  disease  was  raging.  Later  in  the 
same  year  he  visited  Europe,  and  for  two  years  following 
was  occupied  principally  with  professional  studies  in  Paris. 
Before  returning  he  made  the  tour  of  Spain  for  health, 
mostly  on  horseback,  over  routes  seldom  travelled  ;  crossed 
the  Sierra  Nevada,  and  descended  to  Gibraltar,  whence 
he  visited  Tangiers. 

In  June,  1858,  Dr.  Blake  married  Elizabeth  S.,  daughter 
of  Samuel  C.  Gray,  Esq.,  of  Boston,  a  descendant  of  Judge 
Story.  The  following  year  he  settled  in  Middletown, 
Conn.,  succeeding  to  an  extensive  surgical  practice  in 
that  wealthy  and  pleasant  place  and  in  Portland,  on  the 
opposite  bank  of  the  Connecticut,  where  the  demand  for 
his  services  in  connection  with  casualties  in  the  quarries 
was  too  exacting  for  his  strength.  After  nine  years  of 
this  work  his  health  became  so  far  impaired  as  to  render 
rest  and  change  of  scene  necessary.  Accordingly  he 
again  visited  Europe,  taking  his  family,  returned  in  the 
summer  of  1868,  and  the  following  spring  settled  in  New 
York.  But  asthma  and  bronchitis  fastened  upon  him,  and 
prevented  his  going  beyond  general  family  practice ;  yet 
he  did  much  professional  work,  continuing  it  up  to  his 
death,  which  occurred  suddenly,  as  the  result  of  syncope, 
September  27th  of  the  present  year.  He  had  ridden  out 
only  two  days  before.  But  he  was  aware  that  his  sum- 
mons might  come  at  any  moment,  and  had  long  accus-^ 
tomed  himself  to  anticipate  it. 

Dr.  Blake  had  contributed  a  number  of  articles  to  medi> 
cal  journals,  and  had  issued  several  pamphlets  containing 
statements  of  important  cases.  In  one  of  these  he  brought 
to  general  notice  a  method  of  diluting  nitrous-oxide  gas 
with  common  air  at  the  moment  of  administration,  deemed 
important  and  likely  to  become  of  extensive  application. 
He  was  a  Fellow  of  the  Massachusetts  and  Connecticut 
Medical  Societies,  of  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine, 
and  Obstetrical  and  Pathological  Societies,  the  Medical 
Society  of  the  County  of  New  York,  and  the  American 


1848.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  157 

Medical  Association,  and  had  served  as  delegate  to  impor- 
tant conventions. 

Dr.  Blake  was  an  excellent  practitioner,  though  pre- 
vented by  delicacy  of  health  and  frame  from  accomplish- 
ing what  under  other  conditions  he  might  have  effected. 
But  his  skill  was  abundantly  proved,  notably  on  an  occa- 
sion when  his  fertility  and  promptness  of  resource  saved 
a  patient  from  imminent  death  by  aconite  poisoning.  And 
this  professional  ability  was  united  with  such  geniality  of 
manner,  polished  culture,  fulness  of  general  information, 
tenderness  and  delicacy  of  character,  that  he  was,  to  his 
patients,  less  a  practitioner  than  a  dear  friend.  Better 
than  all,  he  was  a  Christian  man. 

A  resolution  of  the  New  York  Obstetrical  Society  in 
honor  of  his  memory  characterizes  him  as  "  a  careful  ob- 
server and  conscientious  student,"  "  a  man  of  broad  and 
ripe  scholarship,"  whose  "devotion  to  his  friends  was 
steadfast  and  even  enthusiastic,"  to  whom  "  it  was  impos- 
sible to  do  a  mean  act,"  and  who  "  died  with  the  esteem 
and  respect  of  every  one  in  the  profession  who  was  privi- 
leged to  know  him." 

His  wife,  daughter,  and  two  sons  survive  him.  (1880.) 
Boston  Medical  and  Surgical  Journal^  in  part. 

A.M.  in  course,  Cambr.  Univ. 


James  Linn  McLean,  of  Winfield,  W.  Va.,  only  son  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Daniel  V.  and  Evelina  B.  [Linn]  McLean,was  born 
at  Englishtown,  Monmouth  County,  N.  J.,  July  i6th,  1833. 
His  father,  who  was  of  Scotch  descent,  was  pastor  of  the 
old  Tennent  Church  (a  historic  member  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian body,  antedating  by  half  a  century  the  Revolution), 
and  was  subsequently  settled  over  the  village  church  at 
Freehold,  an  offshoot  of  his  former  charge. 

During  the  latter  settlement  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  fitted  for  college,  in  part  by  Rev.  Dr.  Wines,  at  Bur- 
lington, N.  J.,  and  in  part  at  College  Hill,  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  Y.     He  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of 


158  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1848. 

1848,  at  the  age  of  fifteen,  but  left  at  the  end  of  the  year 
and  entered  Princeton  ad  eundem  the  term  following. 
While  there  he  was  a  member  of  Clio  Hall,  which  he  rep- 
resented as  Junior  orator,  with  three  others,  by  Society 
election,  at  Commencement,  1850. 

Being  ^compelled  by  sickness  to  leave  college  again 
early  in  Senior  year  and  to  suspend  his  studies  until  the 
following  spring,  he  then  (185 1)  entered  the  Junior  class 
in  Lafayette  College,  Easton,  Pa.,  of  which  his  father  had 
in  the  mean  time  become  President,  and  in  1852  was  grad- 
uated from  that  institution  with  the  Valedictory  Oration. 
Immediately  afterward  he  began  the  study  of  law  at  Eas- 
ton, in  January  1855  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  the 
following  year  went  West,  settling  in  Dubuque,  la. 

In  1857  he  married  Amanda  Mixsell,  of  Easton,  who 
deceased  in  January,  1859.  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^  infant  daughter, 
who  is  still  living. 

Speculation  in  real  estate  at  the  West  proving  unfor- 
tunate, Mr.  McLean  returned  to  Easton  to  live,  but  was 
soon  called  to  West  Virginia  to  look  after  a  large  tract 
of  unimproved  land  in  which  his  father  was  interested. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  war  he  returned  North  and  be- 
came actively  engaged  in  the  enlistment  of  troops.  In 
1862  opened  a  law-office  in  Philadelphia,  but  at  the  close 
of  the  war  returned  to  West  Virginia,  and  eventually  set- 
tled in  professional  practice  at  his  present  place  of  resi- 
dence. He  has  taken  an  active  interest  there  in  politics, 
and  in  1871  was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  on 
the  Republican  side.  Is  an  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church. 

In  September,  1868,  he  married  Josephine  S.,  daughter 
of  Judge  Dunbar,  of  Charleston,  W.  Va.,  and  by  this  mar- 
riage he  has  two  daughters.     (1880.) 

Valedictory,  Commencement  (Lafayette),  1852. 


William    Fessenden    Allen,  of  Honolulu,  Sandwich 
Islands,  son  of  Hon.  Elisha  H.  Allen,  LL.D.,  and  Sarah  E. 


1848.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  159 

[Fessenden]  Allen,  of  Brattleboro,  Vt.,  was  born  at  Ban- 
gor, Me.,  December  i8th,  1831.  His  father  was  a  grad- 
uate of  Williams,  member  of  Congress,  and  U.  S.  Consul 
to  the  Sandwich  Islands,  and  finally  became  Chief-Justice 
and  Chancellor  of  the  Kingdom. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Exeter,  N.  H.,  and  Deerfield,  Mass.  Entered  WiUiams, 
as  Freshman,  in  1848,  but  left  in  December,  1849,  ^^^  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Honolulu,  where  the  latter  had 
just  been  appointed  consul,  sailing  from  Boston  in  Jan- 
uary, 1850.  Their  passage  extended  to  one  hundred  and 
thirty-five  days,  and  was  made  without  touching  land.  In 
August  of  the  same  year  the  son  came  to  San  Francisco, 
and  was  there  appointed  Inspector  of  Customs.  After  a 
short  time  returned  to  Honolulu,  but  in  185 1  was  again  in 
San  Francisco,  engaged  in  mercantile  pursuits.  In  1853 
he  formed  a  business  connection  in  Honolulu,  from  i860 
to  1863  was  at  Hawaii,  and  on  the  ist  January,  1864,  be- 
came Collector-General  of  Customs  for  the  Islands,  a  po- 
sition which  he  still  holds.  He  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Privy  Council  of  State,  Knight  Commander  of  the  Royal 
Orders  of  Kamehameha  and  Kalakaua,  and  Master  of  a 
lodge  of  the  Masonic  Order. 

Mr.  Allen  married,  at  San  Francisco,  August  30th,. 
1865,  Cordelia  C.  Bishop,  of  Warrensburg,  N.  Y.  In  1871 
he  revisited  the  East,  after  an  absence  of  twenty-one 
years.     (1880. 


*  RuFUS  Richard  Williams,  of  Gardiner,  Me.,  son  of 
Marcus  and  Nancy  H.  WiUiams,  was  born  at  Mansfield,. 
Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  October  25th,  1828. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary  and 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover ;  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  fall  of  1848,  maintained  an  excellent  standing, 
but  left  at  the  close  of  his  first  year. 

On  the  26th  January,  1852,  he  married  Palmyra  Wil- 
liams, of  Dighton,  Mass.,  and  soon  after  removed  to  Cali- 
fornia, where  he  remained  for  two  years.     Returning  to 


i6o  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1848. 

the  East,  he  attended  lectures  during  1857  and  '5^  ^^  the 
Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  Cleveland,  O.,  after  which 
he  began  practice  in  Clinton,  continuing  it,  upon  removal, 
in  North  Vassalboro,  both  in  Maine.  In  1871  he  settled 
in  Gardiner ;  but  he  had  inherited  a  tendency  to  consump- 
tion, and  during  the  summer  of  1874  broke  down  in  con- 
sequence of  overwork.  The  following  winter  he  spent  in 
Minnesota,  and  in  March,  1875,  went  South,  accompanied 
by  a  sister  (now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  own  pro- 
fession), intending  to  pass  the  trying  spring  months  in 
Texas ;  but  near  Malvern,  Ark.,  he  was  prostrated  by  a 
profuse  hemorrhage  from  the  lungs,  which  he  survived 
only  about  two  weeks,  dying  at  that  place  on  the  23d  of 
the  month  in  which  his  fruitless  journey  was  begun.  His 
funeral  was  attended  in  Gardiner.  The  church  was 
crowded,  and  the  ceremony  was  according  to  the  forms 
of  the  Knights  Templars. 

Mr.  Williams  was  a  close  student  and  a  popular,  suc- 
cessful physician.  Instructive  and  entertaining  in  conver- 
sation, gifted  with  ingenuity  and  clearness  of  thought, 
beauty  and  purity  of  expression,  and  a  good  understand- 
ing of  human  nature,  he  often  Hfted  the  mind  above  pain, 
seeking  to  give  remedies  for  the  spirit  as  well  as  the  body. 
He  was  admired  and  respected  as  a  member  of  the  com- 
munity ;  all  his  life  those  who  kilew  him  best  loved  him 
most,  and  he  died  "  in  the  triumphant  enjoyment  of  those 
religious  views  which  had  made  his  life  beautiful." 

His  wife,  a  son,  and  two  daughters  survive  him. 

(1880.) 


1849. 

Charles  March  Freeman,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Jonathan  W.  and  Sarah  A.  Freeman,  was  born  at  Glenn's 
Falls,  N.Y.,  August  15th,  1832. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1848,  and  was  graduated  in  1852 
with  the  Meteorological  Oration.    Studied  law  with  Judge 


1 849']  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams,  i6i 

Gould,  of  Troy,  and  at  the  Harvard  Law  School,  and 
practised  in  the  city  of  New  York  until  August,  1861,  on 
the  5th  of  which  month  he  was  commissioned  second- 
lieutenant  in  the  Second  U.  S.  Infantry.  He  served  with 
that  regiment  and  on  various  staff  details,  and  was  severely 
wounded  in  the  sword-arm  during  the  battle  of  Gaines' 
Mills,  June  27th,  1862.  In  the  summer  of  1866  was  retired 
for  physical  disability,  with  the  rank  of  captain  and  brevet 
major.  Since  that  time  has  been  living  quietly  at  the  old 
home  near  Troy.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 

Greek  Oration,  Jun.  Ex.,  185 1.     Meteorological,  Com- 
mencement, 1852.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Hon.  Henry  Martyn  Hoyt,  of  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  son 
of  Ziba  and  Nancy  [Hurlbut]  Hoyt,  was  born  at  Kings- 
ton,  Luzerne  County,  Pa.,  June  8th,  1830.  His  earliest 
paternal  ancestor  in  this  country  came  from  England  and 
landed  at  Salem,  Mass.,  about  1628,  subsequently  settling 
at  Windsor,  Conn.  The  grandfather  of  our  subject  on 
the  same  side,  a  native  of  Danbury  in  the  State  last 
named,  removed  in  1795  to  Kingston,  opposite  Wilkes- 
barre, which  became  his  family  home.  Here  lived  his  son 
Ziba,  a  veteran  of  1812,  "  as  brave  a  soldier  as  ever  fired 
a  musket  or  drew  sword  from  scabbard." 

During  boyhood  the  subject  of  this  sketch  worked  on 
his  father's  farm ;    but  being  a  "  quick-witted  "   boy,   he 
began  to  desire  a  liberal  education.     This  was  decided  on, 
and   he   was  fitted  for  college   at  Wilkesbarre  Academy 
and  at  Wyoming  Seminary,  in  Kingston,  a  Methodist  in 
stitution,   conducted   at  that  time   by  Rev.  Dr.  Nelson, 
afterwards  head  of  the  Methodist  Book  Concern  in  New 
York.     As  soon  as  prepared,  young  Hoyt  entered  Lafay- 
ette College,  in  which  he  remained  until  the  end  of  Junior 
year,  when  he  left  that  institution,  and  at  the  beginning- 
of  Senior  year  entered  Williams.     This  occurred  in  the 
fall  of  1848,  and  in  August,  1849,  ^^  was  graduated.     In 
regard  to  this  change  he  remarked,  in  a  recent  speech  at. 
II 


1 62  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1849. 

Lafayette,  that  by  it  he  lost  the  differential  calculus,  which 
was  taught  at  Lafayette  during  Senior  and  at  Williams 
during  Junior  year,  and  that  he  had  been  vainly  endeavor- 
ing to  overtake  it  ever  since  ;  but  that  he  found  the  cate- 
chism in  good  and  sufficient  measure  in  both  institutions, 
and  that  he  claimed  to  know. 

Soon  after  graduation  Mr.  Hoyt,  with  a  partner, 
opened  a  select  school  at  Towanda,  Pa.  ;  but  being  ap- 
pointed Professor  of  Mathematics  in  Wyoming  Seminary 
at  the  end  of  a  year,  he  accepted  that  position,  which  he 
filled  for  the  ensuing  two  years.  As  it  was  not  his  inten- 
tion, however,  to  adopt  teaching  as  his  profession,  at  the 
end  of  that  time  he  entered  upon  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Hon.  G.  W.  Woodward,  of  Wilkesbarre,  after- 
wards a  judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State,  and 
was  in  due  time  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  then  spent  some 
time  in  Austin,  Tex.,  in  the  service  of  the  Louisville  (Ky.) 
Land  Company,  and  in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  where  he  was 
again  engaged  in  teaching.  Soon  after  his  return  home, 
and  during  1855,  he  married  Mary  E.,  daughter  of  Elijah 
Loveland,  Esq.,  of  Kingston,  settled  in  Wilkesbarre,  which 
has  continued  to  be  his  place  of  residence  since  then,  and 
established  himself  in  business  as  a  lawyer.  He  also  inter- 
ested himself  in  public  affairs,  and  especially  as  President 
of  the  School  Board  in  improving  the  school  system  of 
the  city.  In  this  work  he  had  the  valuable  co-operation 
of  Rev.  C.  J.  Collins,  K.  A.,  Borough  Superintendent  for 
four  years ;  and  the  result  was  a  complete  revolution  in 
that  department. 

Mr.  Hoyt  was  an  original  abolitionist,  and  took  part  in 
the  Fremont  campaign  of  1856.  In  186 1  he  stumped  the 
county  and  State  for  Lincoln,  and  when  the  war  broke 
out,  although  surrounded  by  a  young  and  interesting 
family,  was  among  the  first  to  move.  He  at  once  became 
actively  engaged  in  the  raising  of  the  Fifty-second  Penn- 
sylvania Volunteers,  a  superior  regiment  of  well-formed 
hardy  young  men,  one  thousand  strong,  upon  the  organi- 
jzation  of  which  he  was  chosen  its  lieutenant-colonel. 

After  leaving  Camp  Curtin  the  regiment  went  into  win- 


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ter  quarters  near  Washington,  and  while  it  was  thu&placed 
its  lieutenant-colonel  was  detailed  to  serve  upon  a  board 
for  the  examination  of  officers  as  to  fitness  for  command. 
The  following  spring  the  regiment  went  to  Newport  News 
as  part  of  General  Naglee's  brigade,  and  immediately 
upon  landing  became  engaged  in  the  fighting  about  York- 
town,  distinguishing  itself  there  and  subsequently  in  the 
advance  towards  Richmond,  which  it  very  nearly  ap- 
proached. 

Soon  after,  while  in  this  region,  Colonel  Hoyt,  being 
directed  to  throw  a  bridge  over  the  Chickahominy,  did 
:SO ;  and  this  work  proved  an  important  factor  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Fair  Oaks,  which  immediately  followed.  In  this 
-engagement  the  Fifty-second  suffered  heavily,  large  masses 
of  the  enemy  falling  upon  it  and  bringing  one  half  its 
members  to  the  ground,  either  killed  or  wounded,  in  a  few 
minutes.  During  the  retreat  and  "  change  of  base"  which 
followed.  Colonel  Hoyt's  services  in  holding  this  bridge 
for  the  passage  of  our  troops  were  of  the  utmost  impor- 
tance. "  Hoyt,  Plaisted,  Van  W)^ck,  and  Stanton,  fighting 
waist-deep  in  the  waters  of  the  creek  for  four  consecu- 
tive days  and  nights,  holding  thus  the  line  of  escape  and 
covering  the  rear  of  the  retreating  army,  might  be 
deemed,  as  they  actually  proved  themselves  to  be,  from 
that  day  forward,  capable  of  any  service  that  patriotism 
may  repose  in  the  hands  of  brave  men." 

The  brigade  remained  in  the  Yorktown  fortifications 
until  January  following,  when  it  was  sent  to  Port  Royal, 
and  in  April  thereafter  aided  in  Dupont's  attack  on 
Charleston.  During  the  succeeding  summer  it  took  a 
leading  part  in  the  successful  assault  on  Fort  Wagner, 
captured  September  5th.  In  December  the  regiment  was 
recruited  to  its  full  complement  and  re-armed,  and  its 
colonel  having  resigned,  Lieut.-Col.  Hoyt  succeeded  to 
his  rank  January  9th,  1864.  On  the  3d  of  July  following 
the  regiment  took  part  in  a  bold  advance  on  Charleston, 
making  an  attack  on  Fort  Johnson.  In  consequence  of  the 
failure  of  the  supports  relied  on,  this  movement  failed,  and 
Colonel  Hoyt  and  about  one  hundred  men,  being  left  in 


164  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1849. 

the  presence  of  an  overpowering  force,  after  capturing  a 
battery  were  compelled  to  surrender.  Of  the  leader^s 
conduct  in  this  enterprise  his  superior  general  said  :  "  After 
this  you  placed  yourself  at  the  head  of  the  column  and 
led  them  most  gallantly  and  faithfully.  .  .  .  Had  you 
been  supported  as  your  brave  conduct  demanded,  it  would 
have  insured  the  success  of  the  important  operations  then 
being  carried  on  in  front  of  Charleston." 

After  confinement  in  Charleston  jail  and  in  Macon,  Ga., 
Colonel  Hoyt  was  conveyed  from  the  latter  city  in  obe- 
dience to  an  order  that  he  should  be  placed  as  one  of  six 
hundred  U.  S.  officers  under  the  fire  of  the  Union  guns 
directed  upon  Charleston.  While  on  his  way  he,  with 
four  others,  jumped  from  the  cars  and  escaped,  hoping  to 
be  able  to  reach  the  fleet;  but  being  pursued  by  a  file  of 
soldiers  with  blood-hounds,  they  were  retaken  after  two 
days  and  nights,  and  the  Colonel  was  again  immured  in 
Charleston  jail.  An  incarceration  of  two  months  followed,, 
when  he  was  exchanged,  and  rejoined  his  regiment  at 
Morris  Island. 

In  the  ensuing  spring  the  surrender  of  the  city 
occurred,  and  the  regiment,  after  incorporation  with  the 
army  of  General  Sherman — a  connection  of  the  Hoyt 
family — returned  North.  In  November,  1864,  its  Colonel 
was  mustered  out  of  service,  and  on  the  13th  of  March 
following  brevetted  Brigadier-general. 

On  his  return  to  private  life.  General  Hoyt  resumed  the 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  in  1867  received  from  Gov-^ 
ernor  Geary  the  appointment  of  Judge  of  Common  Pleas, 
which  he  held  for  only  a  short  time.  As  Chairman  of  the 
Repulican  State  Committee  he  conducted  the  campaigns 
of  1875  and  ''j6  with  wisdom,  energy,  and  success.  In  May, 
1878,  during  a  time  of  excitement  in  regard  to  the  resump- 
tion of  specie  payment,which  he  favored,  he  was  nominated 
for  Governor  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  elected  by  a  large 
plurality,  and  inaugurated  January  14th,  1879,  ^^^  ^^  ^^^ 
term  of  four  years.  Able,  highly  educated,  conscientious, 
and  incorruptible,  he  has  made  his  own  way  to  his  present 
high  position,  and  having  won  he  fills  it  well. 


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Governor  Hoyt  has  in  print  an  address  read  in  No- 
vember, 1879,  before  the  Historical  Society  of  Pennsylva- 
nia, upon  the  early  history  of  titles  in  Luzerne  Co. 

He  has  by  his  marriage  a  son  and  two  daughters. 

(1880.) 

A.M.  ad  eundem,  Lafayette,  1865. 


William  Goodell,  m.d.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  son  of 
Rev.  Dr.  William  Goodell,  a  distinguished  missionary  of 
the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  to  Constantinople, 
and  Mrs.  Abigail  P.  [Davis]  Goodell, — of  Holden,  Mass., 
before  marriage, — was  born  in  the  island  of  Malta,  October 
17th,  1829. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  father,  came  to  the 
United  States  in  1847,  ^"d  in  the  fall  of  that  year  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman.  In  185 1  he  was  graduated  with 
the  Natural  History  Oration,  after  which  he  studied  medi- 
cine in  Philadelphia  with  Dr.  Samuel  McClellan  and  at 
Jefferson  Medical  College,  and  received  the  degree  of 
M.D.  from  the  latter  in  1854.  He  then  returned  to  Con- 
stantinople, where  he  was  engaged  for  the  next  six  years 
in  professional  practice,  and  during  this  period  he  married 
at  Smyrna,  September  4th,  1857,  Caroline  D.,  daughter  of 
Judge  Thomas  S.  Bell,  of  West  Chester,  Pa. 

Returning  to  the  United  States  in  i860.  Dr.  Goodell 
spent  five  years  in  practice  at  West  Chester,  then  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia  and  became  Physician  in  Charge  of 
the  Preston  Retreat  in  that  city,  a  position  which  he  still 
holds.  In  1 87 1  he  was  appointed  Lecturer  on  the  Dis- 
eases of  Women  and  Children  in  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  in  1875  was  called  to  the  Professorship  of 
Clinical  Gynecology  in  the  same  institution,  which  he  fills 
with  ability  and  success. 

Professor  Goodell  has  written  many  papers  on  medi- 
cal subjects,  and  in  1877  published  his  "Lessons  in  Gyne- 
cology," which  reached  its  second  edition  within  a  year. 
He  is  a  Fellow  of  the  College  of  Physicians  of  Philadel- 
phia, the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine,  the  Imperial 


1 66  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1849. 

Medical  Society  of  Constantinople,  the  London  Obstetri- 
cal Society,  and  other  similar  bodies,  including  the  Obstet- 
rical Society  of  Philadelphia,  of  which  he  was  at  one  time 
president. 

He  has  had  by  his  marriage  five  children,  four  of  whom,, 
two  sons  and  two  daughters,  are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  500  North  Twentieth  Street. 

Greek  Oration,  Jun.  Ex.,  1850.  Natural  History  Ora- 
tion, Commencement,  185 1.  A.M.  in  course.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  1864. 


Rev.  Augustine  David  Lawrence   Jewett,  d.d.,  of 

New  York  City,  son  of  Admiral  David  Jewett  of  the  Bra- 
zilian Navy,  a  native  of  Connecticut,  and  Eliza  [Lawrence] 
Jewett,  daughter  of  Hon.  Augustus  H.  Lawrence,  of  New 
York,  was  born  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  January  12th,  1830. 
He  is  a  cousin  of  the  Wallers  (see  Index),  and  of  Rev.  C. 
J.  Collins  (p.  113),  by  whom  he  was  fitted  for  college. 

He  entered  Williams  in  the  fall  of  1848,  as  Freshman, 
and  was  graduated  in  1852.  Then  took  a  four  years* 
course  of  theology  in  Princeton  Seminary,  during  which 
he  was  actively  interested  in  the  establishment  of  a  chap- 
ter of  our  Society  in  the  College  of  New  Jersey.  For  its 
membership  he  had  the  warmest  esteem  and  regard  ;  but 
upon  the  passage  by  the  college  authorities  of  a  law  com- 
pelling secret-society  men  to  resort  to  mental  reservations, 
he  advised  the  withdrawal  of  the  chapter  as  the  only  hon- 
orable course. 

After  graduation  from  the  seminary  he  was  settled 
over  the  Reformed  church  at  Piermont-on-the-Hudson, 
where  three  years  of  labor  in  open-air  preaching  cost  him 
the  loss  of  his  voice,  so  that  he  decided  to  resign  his 
charge  and  remove  to  New  York.  After  a  year's  rest,  re- 
sumed preaching,  and  was  settled  over  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  Throg's  Neck,  Westchester  County,  N.  Y., 
where  he  labored  for  several  years,  devoting  much  of  his 
time  during  the  war  to  the  soldiers  in  the  Fort  Schuyler 


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and  David's  Island  hospitals.  In  1868  accepted  a  call  to 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J., 
with  which  he  remained  until  September,  1874,  when  a 
partial  failure  of  health,  caused  by  sunstroke  and  nervous 
prostration,  rendered  his  withdrawal  necessary.  Since 
then  he  has  not  been  permitted  to  undertake  a  regular 
charge,  but  has  resided  in  or  near  New  York,  engaged,  to 
such  extent  as  health  has  allowed,  in  missionary  work,  the 
supply  of  vacant  churches,  and  similar  service. 

Mr.  Jewett  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Rutgers 
College  in  1872. 

In  1856  he  married  Elizabeth  H.,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Richard  W.  Dickinson,  of  New  York,  and  by  this 
marriage  he  has  had  five  children,  of  whom  two,  a  daugh- 
ter and  a  son,  are  now  living.  The  latter  is  also  a  member 
of  our  Society.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  22  East  Fifty-fourth  Street. 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  185 1.  Moonlight  Ex.,  1851.  Com- 
mencement, 1852.  A.M.  in  course.  Presiding  officer  of 
class,  1872.     D.D.,  Rutgers,  1872. 


Henry  Millen  Sabin,  m.d.,  of  Rockport,  111.,  son  of 
Dr.  Millen  and  Mehscent  [Bidwell]  Sabin,  and  cousin  of 
O.  B.  Bidwell  (p.  152),  was  born  at  Monterey,  Mass.,  Sep- 
tember 6th,  1 83 1. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Lenox  Academy  and  Willis- 
ton  Seminary,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1849, 
and  was  graduated  in  1853.  During  a  number  of  years 
following  was  engaged  in  teaching  as  Principal,  for  one 
year  of  a  public  school  in  Cincinnati,  for  two  years  of 
Lenox  Academy,  for  somewhat  less  than  two  of  Pittsfield 
High  School,  and  for  several  of  the  High  School  at 
Saxonville,  Mass.  In  1863,  after  the  usual  preparatory 
studies,  was  graduated  in  medicine  from  Bellevue  Hospi- 
tal College,  New  York  City,  and  entered  the  army  as  Act- 
ing Assistant  Surgeon  in  the  Fifty-second  Massachusetts ; 


1 68  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1849. 

was  stationed  at  Port  Hudson,  and  served  for  nine  months 
under  General  Banks,  returning  up  the  Mississippi  after 
the  capture  of  Vicksburg,  in  full  charge  of  all  the  sick  of 
the  regiment. 

In  1864  he  settled  in  Edwardsville,  III.,  in  practice. 
March  12th,  1867,  married  Mrs.  Letitia  [McCrea]  Tun- 
nell,  of  that  place;  in  November,  1872,  removed  to  Lin- 
coln, Neb.,  where,  on  the  4th  January,  1874,  his  wife 
deceased.  Soon  after  this  occurrence  he  returned  to 
Edwardsville,  where  he  remained  until  his  removal  to 
Rockford  in  May  of  the  present  year.     He  has  one  son. 

(1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1852.     A.M.  in  course. 


^Rev.  Henry  Pratt,  of  Topsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 
Schuyler  and  Olive  [Gay]  Pratt, — the  latter  a  resident  be- 
fore marriage  of  Walpole,  Mass., — was  born  at  Salisbury, 
Conn.,  his  parents'  home,  January  nth,  1825. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Salisbury  Academy  and 
Williston  Seminary,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1846,  and  was  graduated  in  1850.  Studied  theology  at 
East  Windsor  (now  Hartford)  Seminary,  and  was  gradu- 
ated there  in  1853.  On  the  25th  October,  1854,  was  or- 
dained pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Dudley, 
Mass.,  his  only  charge,  with  which  he  remained  until  the 
corresponding  date  in  1869,  when  he  was  dismissed  at  his 
own  request,  after  a  successful  pastorate  of  fifteen  years, 
during  which  more  than  one  hundred  members  united 
with  his  church.  He  remained  in  Dudley  about  five  years 
after  his  resignation,  preaching  occasionally,  but  devoting 
himself  chiefly  to  farming,  although  giving  much  atten- 
tion both  then  and  throughout  his  whole  residence  in  the 
town,  as  well  as  subsequently,  to  its  educational  interests. 
He  was  for  twenty-five  years  a  member,  and  most  of  that 
time  President,  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  Nichols  Acad- 
emy, and  for  eighteen  years  Chairman  of  the  District 
School  Committee. 

In   the  fall  of  1879  M^-  Pratt  removed  to  Topsfield, 


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where  he  had  a  fine  farm,  which  he  worked,  in  connection 
with  his  oldest  son,  until  struck  down  by  paralysis  of  the 
heart  on  the  19th  April  of  the  present  year. 

"  He  was  known  as  a  warm-hearted,  generous  man,  of 
quick  sympathies,  an  active  and  earnest  Christian,  a  useful 
and  public-spirited  citizen." 

Mr.  Pratt  married,  April  23d,  1855,  Elizabeth  Kings- 
bury, of  Dudley,  and  by  this  marriage  he  had  two  sons, 
who,  with  their  mother,  survive  him.     (1880.) 

Obituary  Record^  1880,  in  part. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1849.  Prest.  Philologian.  Com- 
mencement, 1850.     A.M.  in  course. 


Frank  Gardner  Noyes,  of  Nashua,  N.  H.,  son  of 
Leonard  W.  and  Anne  S.  [Gardner]  Noyes,  was  born  at 
Nashua,  his  parents'  place  of  residence,  July  6th,  1833. 
His  father,  a  native  of  Canaan,  N.  H.,  whose  ancestors  for 
three  generations  were  clergymen,  was  a  business-man  in 
Boston,  whence  he  removed  to  Nashua  in  1823,  and  was 
actively  engaged  throughout  life  in  business  enterprises. 
His  mother,  a  grand-niece  of  the  wife  of  John  Hancock, 
is  a  native  of  Leominster,  Mass. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover ;  entered  WilUams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  autumn  of  1849,  ^^^^  ^^  ^^  close  of  Sopho- 
more year,  and  went  to  Union,  whence  he  was  graduated 
in  1853.  Thesame  year  he  began  legal  studies  in  the  office 
of  Sydney  Bartlett,  Esq.,  in  Boston;  in  1854  entered  Har- 
vard Law  School,  and  in  1856  was  graduated  thence  with 
LL.B.  In  the  autumn  of  that  year  settled  in  Clinton,  la., 
in  partnership  with  Hon.  N.  B.  Baker,  ex-Governor  of 
New  Hampshire.  In  1861  was  appointed  aide-de-camp  on 
the  staff  of  the  Governor  of  Iowa,  and  was  actively  en- 
gaged as  such  in  organizing  the  volunteers  of  that  State 
until  1862,  when  he  received  a  commission  from  President 
Lincoln  as  captain  in  the  Subsistence  Department  of  the 
Army,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  with  the  Thirteenth  Di- 


170  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1849. 

vision,  Army  of  the  Tennessee,  operating  against  Vicks- 
burg.  Served  at  Memphis,  Helena,  Vicksburg,  New 
Orleans,  the  Bayou  Teche,  Red  River,  in  the  *'  bay  fight" 
before  Mobile,  and  in  the  capture  of  that  city  ;  and  in 
1864  was  promoted  Lieutenant-Colonel  and  Chief  C.  S. 
Thirteenth  Army  Corps  and  Chief  C.  A.,  Department  of 
Texas.  Was  mustered  out  of  service  in  November,  1865,, 
receiving  three  brevet  commissions  after  the  close  of  the 
war. 

In  March,  1867,  Colonel  Noyes  was  appointed  U.  S. 
Consul  at  Panama,  then  an  important  position  by  reason 
of  the  trade  with  the  Pacific  coast,  the  Pacific  Railroad 
not  having  been  opened  at  that  time. 

In  1869  he  again  engaged  in  business  at  Clinton,  manu^ 
facturing  iron  machinery,  engines,  boilers,  and  the  like.  In 
1879  retired  from  that  business,  and  has  since  been  occu- 
pied with  literary  pursuits  at  his  old  and  present  home. 

Colonel  Noyes  married  Hannah  E.  Richardson,  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Oliver  Wolcott,  one  of  the  signers  of  the 
Declaration,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  had  three  sons 
and  four  daughters.     The  sons  are  all  deceased.     (1881.) 


1850. 

*  James  Hervey  Reed,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  son  of  Briggs 
R.  and  EHzabeth  [Hutchinson]  Reed, — the  former  a  native 
of  Bridgewater, — was  born  in  Danvers,  his  parents'  home, 
January  28th,  1828. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Pembroke  (N.  H.)  Acad- 
emy, entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1848,  and  was 
graduated  in  1852.  He  then  taught  for  nine  years  in  the 
public  schools  of  St.  Louis,  most  of  the  time  as  Principal 
of  the  Webster  School.  In  1862  removed  to  Boston  and 
joined  his  brother  in  the  insurance  business,  in  which  he 
continued  until  his  decease  on  the  21st  of  October  during 
the  present  year. 

In  April  preceding  Mr.  Reed  had  been  stricken  by  a 
shock  of  paralysis,  which,  although  slight,  affected   his 


1850.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  171 

brain  seriously,  and  was  followed  by  extreme  nervous  suf- 
fering. During  the  summer,  however,  he  was  able  to 
visit  Williamstown,  where  he  "  looked  lovingly  on  the 
dear  old  scenes,  called  up  cherished  associations,  and  said 
a  last  good-by  to  them  all."  He  then  went  on  to  Lake 
George,  and  while  driving  thither  from  Glenn's  Falls 
made  a  determined  effort,  in  which,  notwithstanding  heat 
and  fatigue,  he  was  successful,  to  climb  to  the  monu- 
ment erected  to  Col.  Ephraim  Williams.  During  the 
sleepless  nights  of  the  last  weeks  of  his  sickness  he  tried 
to  forget  his  weariness  in  living  over  the  old  college 
times,  camping  with  "  the  boys"  on  Greylock,  and  sleeping 
with  them  there  upon  the  hemlock  boughs.  He  was  always 
deeply  interested  in  young  men,  and  often  expressed  a 
hope  that  he  might  be  able  to  help  some  of  that  class  who 
were  struggling  for  an  education  as  he  had  struggled. 
His  was  ever  a  liberal  and  ardent  spirit,  full  of  tender  and 
intense  affection  for  home  and  friends,  so  that  the  interests 
of  his  K.  A  brothers  and  of  our  Society  seemed  as  dear  to 
him  as  his  own  could  be.  His  amiable  qualities  attached 
to  him  a  large  circle  of  friends  to  whom  his  doors  ever 
offered  a  hospitable  welcome.  He  was  truly  "a  man  of 
heart,"  the  warmth  of  whose  grasp  and  the  glow  of  whose 
face  plainly  testified  to  the  sincerity  of  his  greeting  and 
the  reality  of  his  regard. 

Our  brother  consecrated  himself  to  God  at  the  age  of 
fourteen,  and  in  early  life  united  with  the  Central  Square 
Baptist  Church  in  East  Boston.  On  settling  in  Boston  he 
became  an  active  member  of  Charles  Street  church  and 
its  Sunday-school,  and  he  subsequently  sustained  a  similar 
relation  to  the  Clarendon  Street  church  and  school.  In 
these,  as  everywhere,  he  was  known  as  a  zealous  Chris- 
tian, ready  at  all  times,  with  a  cheerful  and  earnest  spirit, 
for  Christian  work.  He  attached  each  member  of  the 
Sunday-school  to  himself  in  the  warm  ties  of  friendship ; 
his  public  prayers  were  earnest,  devout,  and  full  of  the 
Gospel ;  and  in  his  last  hours  he  could  say,  "  God  is  the 
strength  of  my  heart  and  my  portion  forever." 

The  funeral  of  our  deceased  brother  was  attended  by 


172  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1850. 

a  large  concourse  of  friends.  His  blameless  and  loving 
social  life,  business  integrity,  and  devotion  to  his  family 
and  church  were  commended  by  his  pastor.  Rev.  Dr. 
Gordon.  Then,  wearing  a  look  of  settled  peace  upon  his 
face,  he  was  laid  in  Walnut  Grove  Cemetery,  amid  the 
scenes  of  his  early  days  and  in  his  native  town,  while  "  the 
friends  of  his  youth  gathered  around  his  grave  to  pay 
their  last  tribute  of  love  and  respect  to  one  whose  friend- 
ship had  never  changed." 

"  Gone  to  the  city  of  unclouded  splendor. 
Gone  from  the  harvest-field. 
He  gave  to  life  the  best  that  life  can  render, 
The  best  that  heart  can  yield." 

Mr.  Reed  married,  October  24th,  1866,  Lydia  P.,  daugh- 
ter of  Col.  Nathan  Tapley,  of  Danvers,  and  by  this  mar- 
riage he  had  a  son  and  a  daughter,  who,  with  their  mother, 
survive  him.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Commencement,  1852.     A.  M.  in  course. 


Edward  Sutton  Smith,  m.d.,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Dr.  Jerome  V.  C.  and  EHza  M.  [Brown]  Smith,  was 
born  at  Boston,  Mass.,  his  parents'  home,  December  27th, 

1834. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
and  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of  1850. 
During  185 1  he  left  and  went  to  Harvard  University, 
where  he  was  graduated.  He  then  studied  medicine  in 
the  University  of  Paris,  from  which,  as  well  as  from  Har- 
vard, he  received  the  degree  of  M.D.  He  practised  in 
Paris,  and  finally  settled  in  New  York. 

During  two  years  of  the  war  Dr.  Smith  was  Examin- 
ing Surgeon  of  the  Seventeenth  Regiment,  U.S.A.  On 
the  9th  September,  1879,  ^e  married  Mary  E.  Shepherd, 
of  Shrewsbury,  N.  J.     (1880.) 


1850.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  173; 

Solomon  Taintor  Bulkley,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Solomon  and  Mary  (Wells)  Bulkley, — the  latter  of 
Cheshire,  Mass.,  before  marriage, — was  born  at  Williams- 
town,  his  parents'  home.  May  31st,  1833. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  brother-in-law.  Prof. 
N.  H.  Griffin,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  in  Williamstown,  and 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  185 1.  Leav- 
ing college  during  his  second  term  Junior,  he  went  to 
■Rock  Island,  III,  and  spent  two  years  in  the  Rock  Island 
Bank ;  then  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account,  sold 
out  in  1859,  ^^d  was  unemployed  until  the  breaking  out  of 
the  war,  when  he  became  war  correspondent  of  the  New 
York  Herald.  As  such  he  was  present  with  the  Army  of 
the  Potomac  in  nearly  all  the  prominent  engagements 
fought  in  Virginia,  was  taken  prisoner  while  acting  as 
volunteer  aid  at  the  battle  of  Brandy  Station,  June  9th, 
1863,  and  was  confined  in  Libby  Prison  and  in  Castle 
Thunder  until  the  following  March. 

Immediately  after  the  war  Mr.  Bulkley  travelled 
throughout  the  South,  mostly  by  private  conveyance, 
for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining  the  true  condition  and 
sentiment  of  the  people.  With  this  object  in  view,  he  at- 
tended the  reconstruction  conventions  in  Mississippi, 
Alabama,  and  Florida.  In  1867  he  accompanied  General 
Sherman  and  his  associates  of  the  Peace  Commission  in  a 
visit  to  the  various  tribes  of  Indians  on  the  Plains,  and  he 
remained  beyond  the  bounds  of  civilization  for  more  than 
a  year.  Upon  his  return  it  was  proposed  to  him  to  go 
to  Australia  for  an  absence  of  two  years ;  but  this  service 
he  declined,  and  thus  ended  his  connection  with  the 
Herald.  For  the  past  eight  years  he  has  been  associated 
with  Hon.  John  H.  Starin,  M.C.  from  New  York  City,  in 
the  transportation  business.     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 


Rev.  Charles  Jenkins  Hill,  of  Middletown,  Conn., 
sixth  son  of  George  and  Priscilla  [Griffin]  Hill,— the  lat- 
ter before  marriage  of  Bradford,  Mass., — was  born  at 
Portland,  Me.,  his  parents*  place  of  residence,  February 


174  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1850. 

2d,  1830.  His  father  soon  after  removed  to  Philadelphia, 
where  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  in  due  time,  completed  a 
full  classical  course  in  the  High  School.  He  then  spent  a 
year  in  the  office  of  the  Philadelphia  City  Gas  Company, 
accumulating  means  for  taking  a  collegiate  course,  upon 
which  his  recent  conversion  and  his  strong  desire  to  enter 
the  ministry  had  led  him  to  resolve.  During  this  time  he 
carried  on  his  preparation  for  college  by  study  and  recita- 
tions out  of  office  hours,  in  order  to  find  time  for  which  he 
was  obliged  to  rise  at  four  o'clock  every  morning.  He  was 
thus  enabled  to  enter  Williams  during  the  spring  of  1850, 
in  the  third  term  of  Sophomore  year,  and  in  1852  was 
graduated.  He  immediately  took  charge  of  the  Hoosac 
Falls  Academy ;  at  the  end  of  a  year  entered  Union 
Theological  Seminary  in  New  York  City ;  took  his 
second  and  third  years  at  Andover,  and  was  graduated 
there  in  1856.  In  January,  1857,  was  settled  over  the 
First  Congregational  Church  in  Nashua,  N.  H.,  and  on 
the  nth  of  March  following  married  Martha,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Todd,  of  Pittsfield.  After  laboring  in  Nashua 
for  seven  or  eight  years  he  became  exhausted  by  work, 
fell  in  his  pulpit  during  service,  and  was  carried  home  in- 
sensible. In  accordance  with  the  advice  of  physicians  he 
resigned  his  charge,  and  after  nine  months  of  rest  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  Congregational  church  at  Glovers- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  which  he  left,  after  three  years  of  service,  for 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Whitehall.  There  he 
greatly  desired  to  remain,  but  his  health  again  failing,  and 
physicians  advising  as  before,  he  resolved  upon  a  decided 
change  of  climate,  and  became  pastor  of  a  church  in  An- 
sonia.  Conn.,  whence  he  was  called  to  the  South  Church 
in  Middletown,  over  which  he  has  been  settled  for  the  last 
five  years. 

Mr.  Hill  has  published  several  sermons,  but  has  con- 
fined himself  principally  to  pulpit  work.  He  has  a  daugh- 
ter and  two  sons.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1852. 


1850.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  175 

James  Bartlett  Meacham,  of  Bennington,  Vt,  oldest 
son  of  James  and  Almira  [Bartlett]  Meacham,  was  born  at 
Williamstown,  November  27th,  1828.  His  father,  well 
known  to  the  members  of  our  Society,  which  for  more  than 
forty  years  he  provided  with  a  home  beneath  his  hos- 
pitable roof  and  cared  for  with  paternal  affection  and  assi- 
duity, belongs  to  a  family  which  has  been  highly  esteemed 
in  Williamstown  from  its  very  settlement,  the  names  of 
Jonathan,  James,  and  WiUiam  Meacham  appearing  in  the 
earliest  documents  relating  to  the  history  of  the  town. 
The  first  of  these  was  a  leading  man  in  the  settlement. 
His  name  heads  the  application  of  the  ''  eleaven  families" 
originally  composing  it  to  the  Governor  and  Council  in 
1754  for  protection  against  the  Indians.  This  having 
been  refused,  leaving  his  family  in  Fort  Massachusetts, 
where  all  the  ''  eleaven"  were  compelled  to  resort  for 
safety,  he  accompanied  Col.  Ephraim  Williams  on  his 
fatal  expedition  to  Crown  Point  in  1755,  but,  more  for- 
tunate than  his  leader,  returned  in  safety,  and  the  follow- 
ing year,  with  William  Meacham  and  others,  offered  the 
Council  to  subscribe  towards  the  erection  of  a  blockhouse 
for  the  protection  of  the  town,  then  called  West  Husack 
or  Hoosuck — a  name  which  in  all  its  forms,  as  thus  given, 
or,  in  more  modern  days,  as  Hoosick,  Hoosack,  Hoosic, 
and  finally  Hoosac,  has  little  in  the  way  of  euphony  to 
commend  it.  In  1764  he  acted  as  one  of  a  committee  to 
provide  a  minister  for  the  Proprietors ;  while  the  names 
of  J.  and  T.  and  of  James  Meacham  stand  for  substantial 
contributions  on  the  list  of  subscribers  towards  the  erec- 
tion of  a  church  edifice  in  1796.  Deacon  Meacham  of  a 
later  day  was  among  the  early  incumbents  of  his  office, 
always  deemed  especially  important  and  honorable  in 
New  England,  and  his  son,  '*  whose  sweet  voice  led  in 
sacred  songs  and  whose  meek  and  holy  life  was  an  honor 
to  the  church,"  was  the  father  of  Captain  James,  the 
family  head  of  the  present  day.  Long  may  he  yet  abide 
in  the  old  home  !  Here,  too,  should  his  beloved  consort, 
whose  maternal  interest  in  the  comfort  of  our  Society,  and 
contributions  of  many  kinds  to  our  enjoyment,  will  never 


176  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1850. 

be  forgotten  by  those  who  shared  them,  receive  honorable 
mention  and  grateful  remembrance. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  mostly 
at  the  school  of  B.  F.  and  J.  A.  Mills  in  South  Williams- 
town,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1850,  and  was 
graduated  in  1854.  He  then  studied  law  in  Bennington, 
where  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  December,  1857,  and 
has  since  remained  in  practice. 

He  married,  O&tober  29th,  1862,  Corinna  Thayer,  of 
Bennington,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  three  sons. 
(1880.) 


Frank  Sargent  Bissell,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  son  of 
John  and  Nancy  [Semple]  Bissell,  was  born  at  Pittsburg, 
January  28th,  1833.  His  father's  family  went  from 
Windsor,  Conn.,  to  the  Western  Reserve  in  Ohio,  about 
1790. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Prof.  Lewis  Bradley,  of 
Allegheny  City,  Pa.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1850,  and  was  graduated  in  1854.  He  then  entered  upon 
business  in  Pittsburg  in  connection  with  a  brother,  manu- 
facturing stoves  and  miscellaneous  castings,  and  has  con- 
tinued successfully  engaged  in  this  avocation  at  the  same 
location  until  the  present  time.  Is  an  ardent  Republican, 
and  has  been  honored  by  his  fellow-citizens  with  many 
unsought  positions  of  importance. 

Mr.  Bissell  married,  in  1856,  Martha  H.,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Thomas  Millen,  of  Pittsburg.  Mrs.  Bissell  deceased 
March  19th,  1862,  and  in  July,  1866,  he  married  Anna  M., 
daughter  of  George  W.  Jackson,  also  of  Pittsburg.  He 
has  three  sons.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  235  Liberty  Street. 


*  Charles  Edward  Trumbull,  of  Hartford,  Conn.,  son 
of  Hon.  Gurdon  and  Sarah  A.  [Swan]  Trumbull,  was  born 
at  Stonington,    Conn.,  his  parents*  home,  October  31st, 


1850.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  177 

1832.  The  Trumbull  family  needs  no  special  mention 
here. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at  Sto- 
nington  Academy,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
the  fall  of  1850.  About  the  completion  of  his  second  year 
his  parents  removed  to  Hartford ;  but  he  remained  ever 
strongly  attached  to  the  old  home  at  Stonington,  and 
would  return  thither  when  he  conveniently  could,  taking, 
if  possible,  a  tramp  with  his  gun  across  the  country,  which 
he  thoroughly  loved  to  do. 

Another  change  in  his  relations  occurred  at  the  same 
time,  bringing  the  utmost  disappointment  to  the  circle  of 
warm  personal  friends  which  his  unusual  charm  of  manner 
and  character  had  quickly  gathered  about  him  here.  He 
left  Williams  in  the  middle  of  his  course  and  went  to 
Yale,  where  he  completed  it,  graduating  with  honor  in 

1854. 

His  health  not  being  robust,  in  accordance  with  the 
advice  of  friends  he  undertook  no  close  employment  dur- 
ing the  succeeding  year,  but  continued  with  interest  (part 
of  the  time  in  the  State  Library  at  Hartford)  the  study  of 
the  English  classics  and  general  modern  literature,  which 
he  loved.  He  had  not  fully  decided  upon  a  profession,  but 
was  strongly  inclined  to  that  of  civil  engineering,  which 
was  well  suited  to  his  need  of  an  out-door  life.  But  in 
July,  1855,  just  about  a  year  after  his  graduation,  he  was 
attacked  by  a  disease  which,  though  it  yielded  to  surgical 
skill,  left  his  system  so  prostrated  that  typhoid  fever  super- 
vened. While  convalescent,  and  in  order  to  hasten  re- 
covery, he  sailed  for  Florida  on  the  5th  of  December  fol- 
lowing, accompanied  by  a  younger  brother.  There  the 
change  of  climate  operated  so  favorably  that  for  a  time  his 
strength  was  greatly  restored ;  but  a  renewed  attack  in 
February,  1856,  forbade  further  hope.  Being  made  aware 
of  his  situation  in  the  intervals  of  consciousness  from  deli- 
rium, he  prepared  for  his  early  fate  with  the  calm  assurance 
and  humble  faith  of  a  Christian.  "  No  relative  was  near 
save  the  brother  who  accompanied  him,  as  this  noble  life 
ebbed  slowly  away.  But  at  the  eleventh  hour  he  woke  to 
12 


178  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1850. 

hear  a  mother's  voice,  and  to  feel  a  mother's  hand  upon 
his  brow,  and  then  'God's  finger  touched  him  and  he 
slept.'"     He  died  on  the  17th  of  March,  1856. 

After  reporting  these  circumstances  to  his  classmates 
at  their  triennial  meeting  in  1857,  his  friend  and  classmate 
L.  L.  Weld,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  added :  "  1  am  sure  I  am 
not  saying  too  much  when  I  say  that  there  was  no  man, 
not  only  in  our  own  class,  but  in  the  range  of  college 
classes,  so  respected  and  loved  as  Charley  Trumbull.  He 
came  among  us  when  half  our  college  probation  was 
ended.  Yet  almost  immediately  he  sprang  into  a  popu- 
larity unsought  by  him,  but  which  was  his  proper  place. 
Who  can  forget  his  genial  smile,  his  hearty  grasp,  his 
warm  sympathy,  his  self-sacrificing  generosity,  his  glowing 
humor,  his  thoughtful  kindness,  his  brilliant  genius,  his 
Christian  worth  ?  He  was  always  the  same  ;  brave  with- 
out boastfulness,  witty  without  severity,  wise  without  os- 
tentation, always  wanted,  always  welcome,  always  be- 
loved. He  was  a  man  of  the  largest  susceptibilities,  ardent 
in  his  attachments,  a  faithful  friend  in  good  report  and  evil 
report.  A  true,  humble  Christian,  he  shrank  from  display. 
He  was  very  earnest  for  the  right,  very  bold  to  denounce 
wrong,  very  brilliant  in  all  his  powers,  frank,  open-hearted, 
generous,  kindly.  We  had  looked  with  confidence  to  a 
career  in  which  a  genius  so  noble  and  so  promising  would 
do  God  service ;  but  a  wiser  mind  had  shaped  his  course, 
and  an  all-powerful  hand  beckoned  him  away." 

In  this  eulogium  his  friends  and  brothers  at  Williams 
would  most  heartily  concur.  They  had  felt  the  pain  of 
parting  from  him  in  the  midst  of  a  brilliant  and  fascinating 
career,  and  to  it  they  had  never  become  reconciled.  When 
he  revisited  them  to  witness  the  graduation  of  his  old 
class,  shortly  after  receiving  his  own  degree,  they  became 
more  sensible  than  ever  of  the  deprivation  they  had  sus- 
tained, as  they  found  him  still  the  enthusiastic  friend,  the 
unconsciously  brilliant  companion,  the  unselfish  and  de- 
voted brother.  The  tidings  of  his  untimely  and  remote 
decease  fell  as  heavily  upon  them  as  it  could  fall  upon  any 
of  his  friends,  and  they  would  add  their  tribute  of  affection 


1850.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  179 

and  esteem  for  one  whom  neither  time  nor  distance  nor 
death  itself  could  sunder  from  their  love. 

His  remains  were  laid  in  Spring  Grove  Cemetery,  near 
Hartford. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1852;  subject,  "Henry  Clay;" 
to  whom  he  seemed  a  kindred  spirit.  Townsend  Prize 
for  Essay,  Yale,  1854.  Oration,  Commencement,  Yale, 
1854 ;  subject,  "  The  Graves  of  the  Regicides." 


Rev.  Jeremiah  Evarts  Walton,  of  Marshall,  Mich., 
son  of  Rev.  William  C.  and  Lucinda  [Muse]  Walton, — the 
latter  a  native  of  Jefferson  County,  now  in  West  Va., — 
was  born  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  March  27th,  1831. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Newark  (Del.)  Academy, 
and  entered  Delaware  College,  in  the  same  town,  in  1849^ 
as  Freshman.  At  the  end  of  second  term  in  that  year, 
leaving  Delaware,  he  entered  Williams,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1853.  He  then  took  the  theological  course 
at  East  Windsor,  in  1855  was  licensed  by  the  Congrega- 
tional Association  of  Connecticut,  and  in  1857  ordained 
by  the  Presbytery  of  Baltimore.  His  first  settlement  was 
in  a  country  parish  at  West  River,  Md.  He  next  became 
colleague  with  Rev.  Dr.  Beman,  of  Troy ;  was  afterwards 
settled  twice  in  Rockford,  111.,  and  had  for  some  time  the 
Third  Parish  Church  in  Portland,  Me. 

In  1867  he  was  admitted  to  the  diaconate  in  the  Episco- 
pal Church  by  Bishop  Clark,  of  Rhode  Island,  and  in  1868 
to  the  priesthood  by  Bishop  Whitehouse,  of  IlHnois.  He 
was  settled  at  Wilton,  Conn.,  for  seven  years,  and  during 
the  academic  year  1878-79  had  charge  of  the  Military  In- 
stitute at  Hamden  in  the  same  State.  In  December,  1879, 
accepted  a  call  to  his  present  charge.  Trinity  Parish,  Mar- 
shall. In  his  religious  teachings  has  always  been  a  warm 
advocate  of  catholicity  in  the  churches. 

Mr.  Walton,  who  is  the  uncle  of  Revs.  R.  W.  and 
W.  W.  Clark  (see  Index),  married  Helen  M.  Randall,, 
of  North  Adams,  Mass.,  who  died  about  nine  years  since.; 


i8o  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1850. 

at  Rockford,  and  by  this  marriage  he  had  three  sons  and 
three  daughters.     (1880.) 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  185 1.     Commencement,  1852. 


James  Augustus  Atkins,  of  Leesburg,  Idaho  Ter- 
ritory, son  of  Zaccheus  and  Rebecca  [Berry]  Atkins,  was 
born  December  5th,  1834,  at  New  Sharon,  Me.  He  was 
fitted  for  college  at  the  Latin  School  in  Roxbury,  Mass., 
then  his  home;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1850, 
and  was  graduated  in  1854  with  an  oration  on  "Yankee 
Notions."  He  then  studied  law  with  Peleg  W.  Chandler, 
Esq.,  of  Boston,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1857. 
After  practising  in  Roxbury,  he  went,  in  1859,  ^^  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  and  subsequently  removed  to  California. 
He  was  engaged  in  mining  there,  in  Washington  Terri- 
tory, at  Dalles,  Oregon,  and  at  Elk  City,  Idaho.  Is  now 
at  Leesburg,  similarly  occupied.    He  is  unmarried.    (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1853.     Commencement,  1854. 


1851. 

John  Henry  Tingley,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  son  of 
Clem  and  Harriet  Tingley,  was  born  June  i6th,  1833,  in 
Philadelphia.  Entered  the  Freshman  class  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  in  September,  1849,  ^^^  ^^e 
Sophomore  of  Williams  in  May,  1851.  About  the  end  of 
Junior  year  left  college,  and  was  for  some  time  engaged  in 
business  in  New  York.  Subsequently  he  returned  to 
Philadelphia,  and  for  several  years  past  has  been  occupied 
in  editorial  work.  Is  also  engaged  in  the  Recorder  of 
Deeds'  office. 

Mr.  Tingley  married,  September  nth,  1856,  Kate  L. 
Scott,  of  Philadelphia,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage  a 
daughter  and  three  sons.  Two  of  the  latter  are  deceased. 
<i88o.) 


1 85 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  i8i 

Ely  McClellan,  M.D.,  U.S.A.,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  and 
Margaret  [Ely]  McClellan,  and  brother  of  Carswell  Mc- 
Clellan (see  Index),  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  in  1835. 
These  brothers  are  cousins  of  Gen.  George  B.  McClellan. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  in 
Philadelphia,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  185 1,  and 
left  in  1853,  at  the  beginning  of  his  Junior  year.  He  then 
began  the  study  of  medicine,  was  graduated  from  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College  in  1857,  ^^d  practised  in  Philadel- 
phia until  1 86 1,  when  he  was  appointed  Assistant  Sur- 
geon U.S.A.  He  served  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac ; 
was  for  some  time  in  charge  of  the  General  Hospital  at 
Fortress  Monroe ;  was  at  Fort  Delaware,  in  New  Mexico, 
Kentucky,  Georgia,  and  Washington  Territory.  In  1866 
was  promoted  captain,  and  in  1876  major.  Is  now  sta- 
tioned at  Fort  Lapwai,  Idaho  Territory. 

Surgeon  McClellan  married,  in  January,  1858,  Emily 
Tevis,  of  Philadelphia,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  three 
sons  and  a  daughter.  His  family  resides  at  Louisville, 
Ky.     (1880.) 

Address,   Care  Surgeon-General  U.S.A.,  Washington. 


John  Edward  Taylor,  of  Morristown,  N.  J.,  eldest 
son  of  Dr.  John  R.  and  Sarah  M.  [Lawrence]  Taylor,  was 
born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  June  20th,  1834. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  private  schools  in  Brook- 
lyn, entered  Columbia,  as  Freshman,  in  1850,  left  for  Wil- 
liams at  the  beginning  of  the  summer  term  185 1,  and  was 
graduated  in  1854.  He  then  studied  law  for  a  year  in  the 
city  of  New  York,  and  in  Morristown  the  following  two 
years ;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York  in  1857,  and 
practised  in  that  city  until  i860,  when  he  visited  Europe. 
Upon  his  return  during  the  following  year  he  resumed 
practice  in  New  York.  In  1864  removed  to  Morristown, 
ancj  about  1870  retired  from  professional  avocations. 
Since  that  time  he  has  occasionally  revisited  Europe,  and 
has  also  travelled  in  the  East. 


1 82  Biographical  Record  of  the  [185 1. 

In  1875  and  '76  Mr.  Taylor  was  Recorder  of  Morris- 
town.  He  has  interested  himself  in  the  pubhc  affairs  of 
the  place,  and  especially  in  the  erection  of  an  elegant 
and  expensive  building  for  its  public  library.  Is  unmar- 
ried.    (1880.) 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1854.     Commencement,  1854. 


*  Edward  Payson  Taft,  of  Lyons,  N.  Y.,  seventh  son 
of  Deacon  Newell  and  Jane  [Sterrett]  Taft, — the  latter  a 
native  of  Elmira,  N.  Y., — was  born  in  Lyons,  September 
loth,  1832.  His  father,  a  native  of  Goshen,  Mass.,  and 
brother  of  C.  R.  Taft,  Esq.,  of  Williamstown,  resided  in 
Williamstown  from  childhood  to  years  of  maturity,  upon 
attaining  which  he  removed  to  Western  New  York,  and 
in  1 8 16  settled  in  Lyons,  where  he  lived  until  his  death  in 
1874,  in  his  eighty-first  year. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
Mills'  school  in  South  Williamstown  and  at  Easthampton, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1851,  left  in  1852  or 
'53  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  went  into  business  with 
his  father.  In  this  connection  he  continued  until  Septem- 
ber, 1862,  when  he  entered  the  U.  S.  service.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  raising  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirty-eighth  U.  S. 
V^olunteers,  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  and  at  its  organization 
was  appointed  its  major.  Was  promoted  lieutenant- 
colonel  June  23d,  1864,  and  on  the  advancement  of  his 
colonel  succeeded  to  the  vacant  command  September 
1 5th  of  the  same  year,  when  his  regiment  was  transferred 
to  the  artillery  arm  of  the  service  as  the  Ninth  N.  Y. 
Heavy  Artillery. 

In  the  spring  of  1864  the  regiment  took  part  in  the 
Wilderness  campaign,  as  infantry,  and  distinguished  itself 
in  several  desperate  battles,  especially  that  of  Cold  Har- 
bor, in  which  Colonel  Taft  was  the  first  to  mount  the 
enemy's  works,  cheering  on  his  men  to  the  successful  as- 
sault. In  July  of  the  same  year  the  Sixth  Corps,  to 
which  his  regiment   was  attached,  was  ordered  to  Mary- 


1 85 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  183 

land  for  the  protection  of  the  capital.  The  division  in 
which  the  Ninth  was  included,  being  sent  to  check  the 
advance  of  the  rebels,  fought  the  disastrous  battle  of 
Monocacy.  Here,  too,  Colonel  Taft  led  his  regiment 
bravely  against  overwhelming  odds.  While  endeavoring 
to  rally  his  men  he  received  a  ball  just  below  the  right 
knee,  which  shattered  the  bone,  and  he  was  left  on  the 
field  until  found  by  the  enemy,  who  removed  him  to 
Frederick  City,  Md.,  where  he  was  restored  to  his  friends. 
Amputation  became  unavoidable  and  led  to  a  protracted 
illness,  inducing  the  disease  which  terminated  in  his  death. 
Against  this  result  he  struggled  with  a  determined  will 
and  remarkable  energy  and  strength  of  constitution. 
After  partial  recovery  he  was  detailed  for  court  martial 
duty  in  New  York,  as  president  of  the  court.  Following 
his  discharge  from  service  in  June,  1865,  he  accepted  the 
appointment  of  U.  S.  Consul  at  San  Juan  del  Sud.  But 
climatic  fever,  contracted  there,  prostrated  his  already 
weakened  frame,  necessitating  his  return,  and  aggravating 
his  disease,  which  resulted  in  his  death  at  Lyons,  June 
20th,  1 867,  in  the  thirty-fifth  year  of  his  age. 

In  social  life  his  genial  manners  and  affable  disposition 
were  conspicuous.  At  the  same  time  he  was  one  of  those 
naturally  fitted  to  lead.  A  well-stored  mind  and  good 
conversational  powers  made  him  ever  a  welcome  guest. 
He  died  a  martyr  on  the  altar  of  his  country,  and  his 
name  is  worthily  inscribed  on  the  roll  of  those  who  sealed 
their  devotion  to  their  country  with  their  lives. 

Colonel  Taft  married,  October  8th,  1856,  Josephine  L. 
Avery,  of  Waterville,  N.  Y.,  who,  with  a  son  and  three 
daughters,  survived  him. 

In  1869  WilHams  College  honored  his  memory  by  con- 
ferring upon  him  the  degree  of  A.B. 

Biographical  Annals y  mainly. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1852. 

*  Robert  Woodworth  McClellan,  of  Hudson,  N.Y., 


184  Biographical  Record  of  tJte  [1851. 

third  son  of  Hugh  and  Lucy  [Woodworth]  McClellan^ 
was  born  at  Greenport,  Columbia  County,  N.  Y.,  Febru- 
ary 28th,  1834.  His  father,  a  man  of  extended  influence 
in  the  county,  and  one  of  the  original  directors  of  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad  Company,  for  which  he  was 
largely  engaged  in  negotiating  the  right  of  way,  removed 
to  Hudson  during  the  childhood  of  this  son,  who  was  fit- 
ted for  college  in  that  city,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  autumn  of  185 1,  and  remained  until  the  second 
term  of  his  Senior  year  (1855),  when  he  left  college  and 
began  the  study  of  law  in  Hudson,  removing  shortly  after 
to  the  city  of  New  York,  and  completing  his  preparation 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  Ambrose  L.  Jordan. 

Upon  admission  to  practice  he  was  retained  by  Mr. 
Jordan  in  his  office,  and  was  subsequently  received  by  him 
as  a  partner  in  business.  For  several  years  he  practised 
in  this  connection  with  superior  success,  possessing  special 
aptitudes  for  his  profession  and  many  influential  clients. 
At  one  time  he  had  the  entire  business  of  the  Singer 
Sewing-Machine  Company. 

About  1862  he  gave  up  his  practice  in  New  York  and 
opened  an  office  in  Hudson,  where  he  remained  until  his 
death  in  December,  1865.     He  was  unmarried. 


Daniel  Dewey,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  oldest  son  of  Judge 
Daniel  N.  and  Eliza  [Hubbell]  Dewey,  was  born  at  Wil- 
liamstown,  his  parents'  home,  March  3d,  1834.  His  father 
was  for  many  years  the  Treasurer  of  Williams  College,  as 
well  as  one  of  its  Trustees. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  is  cousin  of  Hons.  F.  H.  and 
C.  A.  and  Dr.  George  C.  Dewey  and  of  C.  B.  Hubbell 
(see  Index). 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  South  Williamstown  and 
at  Williston  Seminary,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
185 1,  and  was  graduated  in  1855.  He  then  studied  law 
in  his  father's  office,  for  nine  years  was  engaged  in 
practice  in  Williamstown,  and  during  most  of  that  time 
was  Secretary  of  the  college's  Board  of  Trustees.     Since 


185 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  185 

then  he  has  been  engaged  in  business  in  Boston  as  a  com- 
mission merchant  in  wool. 

In  1 864  and  '65  Mr.  Dewey  was  a  member  of  the  Legis> 
lature  of  Massachusetts.  On  the  28th  April,  1864,  he  mar- 
ried Mary  A.  Adams,  of  North  Chelmsford,  Mass.,  and  by 
this  marriage  he  has  had  four  children,  of  whom  two,  a 
son  and  a  daughter,  born  in  1879,  ^^^  twins.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  169  Congress  Street. 

Commencement,  1855.     A.M.  in  course. 


*  John  Foot,  of  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Hon.  Samuel 
A.  and  Jane  [Campbell]  Foot,  was  born,  the  oldest  of  a 
large  family  of  children,  in  New  York  City,  then  his 
parents'  place  of  residence,  April  30th,  1835.  His  father, 
an  eminent  lawyer,  of  the  firm  of  Foot  &  Davies,  was  sub- 
sequently a  distinguished  member  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
the  highest  judicatory  in  the  State.  His  brother  Alfred 
was  a  member  of  our  Society  at  Union  in  1858. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  in 
New  York,  principally  at  the  University  Grammar  SchooL 
He  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  September,  185 1, 
and  was  graduated  in  1855  with  an  oration  on  ''Earnest 
Men."  Immediately  afterward  he  began  the  study  of 
law  in  New  York,  in  the  office  of  William  E.  Curtis,  Esq., 
and  in  December,  1856,  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  began 
practice. 

In  the  spring  of  1861  he  decided,  for  the  sake  of  his 
health,  to  settle  in  Red  Wing,  Minn.,  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  in  the  courts  of  that  State.  Upon  the  call  of  the 
President,  soon  after,  for  volunteers,  he  organized  a  com^ 
pany  (I,  Second  Minn.  Vols.),  of  which  he  was  commis- 
sioned captain  by  Governor  Ramsay.  His  regiment  went 
into  service  in  Kentucky  in  October  following,  took  an 
active  part  in  the  winter  campaign,  and  on  the  19th  of 
January,  1862,  shared  in  the  battle  and  victory  of  Mill 
Spring.     On  the  29th  of  the  same  month  Captain  Foot 


1 86  Biographical  Record  of  the  [185 1. 

was  ordered  to  Minnesota  on  recruiting  service ;  but  his 
health  rapidly  declining,  he  tendered  his  resignation,  and 
left  the  State  to  return  to  his  father's  residence  in  Geneva, 
which  he  reached  on  the  ist  of  March,  only  to  expire  on 
the  13th  of  the  same  month,  at  the  age  of  twenty -six. 
His  funeral  took  place  and  his  remains  were  interred  at 
Geneva,  on  the  afternoon  of  Sunday,  March  17th,  1862. 

His  easy  manner,  amiable  disposition,  mental  ability, 
and  fine  personal  appearance  made  him  a  very  attractive 
young  man.  His  father  wrote  of  him  to  Governor  Ram- 
say :  *'  It  is  consolatory  to  me  that  the  life  of  my  son  has 
been  of  some  service  to  our  country.  He  was  able  to  do 
his  part,  with  the  brave  regiment  of  which  he  was  a 
member,  at  the  battle  of  Mill  Spring,  where  the  lines  of 
the  rebels  were  first  broken.  Had  his  life  been  spared, 
his  good  education,  high  qualifications  for  his  profession, 
sound  moral  principles,  and  gentlemanly  manners  would 
have  made  him  an  ornament  to  the  bar  and  State  of  Min- 

Biographical  Annals, 
Commencement,  1855. 


1852. 

Egbert  Henry  Fairchild,  of  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Egbert  N.  and  Julia  E.  [Strong]  Fairchild, — natives 
respectively  of  Great  Harrington,  Mass.,  and  Catskill, 
N.  Y., — was  born  at  Ogdensburg,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home, 
September  4th,  1833.  A  sister  of  his  father  was  the  wife 
of  the  poet  Bryant. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Great  Barrington,  entered  WiUiams  in  the  autumn  of 
1850,  and  was  graduated  in  1853.  He  then  studied  law 
for  a  time,  but  without  entering  upon  practice  took  up 
mercantile  pursuits.  In  1858  removed  to  the  city  of 
New  York,  where  he  became  engaged,  in  company  with 
his  father,  in  the  construction  of  the  new  Central  Park 
reservoir,  and  has   since   been  employed   as   contractor 


1852.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  187 

upon  similar  works.  Tn  1862  and  '63  was  secretary  of  a 
transportation  company,  which  ran  the  first  line  of  steam 
canal-boats,  propellers,  from  Rome  on  the  Erie  Canal 
to  New  York  City.  Was  also  secretary  for  about  ten 
years  of  the  Hudson  and  Harlem  River  Canal  Company, 
the  work  undertaken  by  which,  that  of  connecting  the 
Hudson  and  East  rivers,  is  now  in  course  of  prosecution 
by  the  U.  S.  Government. 

Mr.  Fairchild  married,  August  17th,  1863,  Mary  S., 
daughter  of  Isaac  Seymour,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  and  by 
this  marriage  he  has  nine  children,  seven  sons  and  two 
daughters.    No  deaths  have  occurred  in  his  family.  (1880.) 

Commencement,  1853. 


Abraham  Lansing,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  second  son  of 
Christopher  Y.  and  Caroline  M.  [Thomas]  Lansing,  and 
brother  of  William  Lansing  (see  Index),  was  born  at  AU 
bany,  his  parents'  home,  February  27th,  1835. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Albany  Academy,  of  which 
lie  is  now  a  Trustee,  entered  Williams  in  1852,  at  the  be- 
ginning of  Sophomore  year,  and  was  graduated  in  1855. 
He  then  studied  law  in  his  father's  office  and  in  the  Albany 
Law  School,  in  1857  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  began 
legal  practice.  A  severe  sickness  in  1859  interfered  con- 
siderably with  his  business  employments,  but  he  continued 
to  pursue  them  until  1868,  when  he  entered  upon  a  series  of 
appointments  to  pubhc  positions  of  importance.  The  first 
of  these,  that  of  City  Attorney,  was  followed  the  succeed- 
ing year  by  that  of  Reporter  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the 
State.  In  this  capacity  Mr.  Lansing  prepared  and  pub- 
lished seven  volumes  of  reports  before  his  resignation, 
which  occurred  in  1873.  In  1874  he  was  selected  by  Gov- 
ernor Dix  for  the  office  of  State  Treasurer,  as  a  substitute 
for  the  incumbent,  who  was  incapacitated  for  the  discharge 
of  duty  by  sickness.  This  position  was  returned  to  the 
latter  upon  his  recovery  a  few  months  later.  In  1876  fol- 
lowed the  appointment  by  the  mayor,  etc.,  of  Corporation 


1 88  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1852. 

Counsel,  which  was  retained  until  1878.  Since  then  Mr. 
Lansing  has  been  occupied  mainly  with  his  private  affairs. 
In  the  summer  of  1879  ^^  visited  Europe  for  recreation, 
and  also  as  a  delegate  from  the  American  Committee  for 
the  Codification  of  the  Law  of  Nations  to  a  conference  of 
the  general  body,  held  in  London. 

Mr.  Lansing  married,  November  26th,  1873,  Catharine, 
daughter  of  Peter  Gansevoort,  Esq.,  of  Albany.     (1880.) 

Moonlight   Ex.,   1854.      Prest.    Philotechnian.      Com- 
mencement, 1855. 


*  Isaac  Bronson,  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Dr. 
Oliver  and  Joanna  [Donaldson]  Bronson, — the  latter  of  a 
North  Carolina  family, — and  brother  of  Oliver  Bronson,  Jr. 
(see  Index),  was  born  in  New  York,  then  his  parents'  resi- 
dence, March  19th,  1835.  During  his  early  childhood  his 
father  purchased  a  place  near  Hudson,  which  then  became 
the  family  home. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
school  of  L.  J.  Dudley  in  Northampton,  Mass.,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1852,  and  was  graduated  in  1856. 
He  then  studied  in  the  Albany  Law  School,  from  which 
he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1858.  The  same  year 
settled  in  New  York  and  married  Harriet,  daughter  of 
J.  Phillips  Phenix,  Esq.,  of  that  city.  In  1864  Mrs.  Bron- 
son died  at  Baden,  and  in  1866  her  survivor  married  Alice, 
daughter  of  William  Whetten,  Esq.,  also  of  New  York^ 
who,  with  a  daughter,  survives  her  husband. 

During  the  war  Mr.  Bronson  served  for  a  short  time 
as  Assistant  Adjutant-General  on  the  staff  of  General 
Sheridan  in  Virginia,  where  he  met  with  a  serious  injury 
to  his  ankle.  This  had  a  permanent  effect  upon  his  healtb 
and  laid  the  foundation  for  his  subsequent  decline. 

In  the  winter  of  1871-72  he  went  South  for  relief,  but 
never  returned,  dying  of  consumption  at  Aiken,  S.  C,  on 
March  26th  of  the  latter  year. 

He  was  gifted  with  quickness  of  perception,  fine  con- 


1852.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  189 

versational  powers,  and  a  style  of  personal  address  which 
won  for  him  general  admiration.  With  these  were  united 
a  warmth  of  heart  and  a  depth  of  social  affection  which 
gained  him  many  ardent  friends. 

Obituary  Record^  1874-75,  in  part. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1854. 


Daniel  Campbell,  of  Madison,  Wis.,  was  born  at 
Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  July  9th,  1836.  He 
was  fitted  for  college  at  Hempstead,  L.  I.,  College  Hill, 
Poughkeepsie,  and  the  Mills'  school  at  South  Williams- 
town ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1852,  and  re- 
mained until  the  expiration  of  Junior  year,  when  he  left, 
intending  to  complete  his  course  at  Union.  Instead  of 
doing  this  he  entered  the  law-office  of  Smith  &  Mitchell, 
in  Schenectady,  where  he  remained  until  of  age.  In  1857 
was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and  formed  a  partnership  for 
practice  in  Schenectady,  which  lasted  until  i860.  In  that 
year  he  removed  to  Wisconsin  and  settled  in  Madison. 
Since  leaving  the  East  has  never  engaged  actively  in  pro- 
fessional practice,  but  has  devoted  his  attention  to  mer- 
cantile affairs  and  to  business  in  real  estate.  His  present 
residence,  known  as  Meadow  Lawn  Farm,  is  about  a  mile 
from  the  city  of  Madison  and  adjoins  the  grounds  of  the 
Wisconsin  State  Agricultural  Society  and  those  of  the 
State  University.  Here  he  is  occupied  in  agricultural  pur- 
suits. 

In  1864  Mr.  Campbell  married  Mary  L.  Brooks,  of 
Madison.     (1880.) 


1853. 

*  Anthony  Thornton  Hall,  of  Shelbyville,  111., 
second  son  of  Rev.  J.  W.  and  Catherine  [Thornton]  Hall, 
was  born  at  Gallatin,  Tenn.,  January  22d,  1834.  His  father 
was  for  a  number  of  years  President  of  Miami  University, 


190  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1853. 

and  subsequently,  in  1840,  settled  at  Dayton,  O.,  where 
the  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college.  He  en- 
tered Williams  at  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year,  185 1, 
and  was  graduated  in  1854,  after  which  he  studied  law  in 
Dayton,  and,  upon  admission  to  practice,  settled  in  Shelby- 
ville,  as  partner  with  his  uncle,  Judge  Thornton.  Here  he 
remained  until  his  death,  which  occurred,  after  a  sickness 
of  only  one  week,  on  the  24th  of  November,  1872. 

Mr.  Hall  was  a  useful  and  highly  respected  member  of 
the  community  in  which  he  lived.  "  For  seven  years  he 
had  been  Superintendent  of  Schools,  and  his  resignation 
of  that  position  had  been  refused.  For  fifteen  years  he 
had  been  one  of  the  town's  most  prominent,  faithful,  hon- 
orable, and  successful  lawyers.  In  every  relation  of  life 
he  was  the  same  genial,  affable,  true,  high-minded  gentle- 
man, with  more  of  nobility  and  less  frailty  than  is  com- 
mon to  man,  with  countless  friends  and  no  personal 
enemies.  He  died  leaving  to  his  aged  father  and  mother, 
and  to  an  only  brother  and  sister,  that  precious  legacy,  an 
untarnished  name." 

A  meeting  of  the  bar,  of  which  he  was  a  member,  was 
held  on  Sunday,  the  day  of  his  death,  in  the  largest  church 
in  town,  which  was  filled  to  its  utmost  capacity  by  an 
audience  desirous  of  uniting  in  the  proceedings.  The 
funeral  ceremonies  were  largely  attended.  In  describing 
them  the  Shelbyville  Leader  of  November  28th  said  : 

**  No  death  ever  occurred  in  this  community  causing 
such  general  grief.  Large  numbers  of  people  from  town 
and  country ;  pubhc  schools  closed  for  the  occasion,  and 
their  hundreds  of  pupils  in  procession ;  business-men  who 
had  closed  their  shops,  offices,  and  stores ;  old  and  young, 
from  far  and  near — all,  while  the  bells  of  the  city  tolled, 
united  in  forming  a  funeral  pageant  greater  than  our  city 
ever  witnessed."  ^^.^^^^^  ^^^^^^^  jg^^_^5_ 

Commencement,  1854. 

*  Robert  Jackson,  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  son  of  James 


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and  Grace  Jackson,  was  born  at  Cambridge,  Washington. 
County,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  November  21st,  1834. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Cambridge  Seminary,  en~ 
tered  Williams  at  the  beginning  of  Junior  year  in  the  fall 
of  1852,  and  graduated  in  1854  with  the  JEsthetical  Ora- 
tion. During  a  part  of  his  course  he  was  Principal  of  the 
Academy  at  Northfield,  Mass.  After  graduating  he 
studied  law  at  the  Albany  Law  School,  and  in  October, 
1856,  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
where  he  settled  in  business,  and  being  a  sound  and  able 
lawyer  was  successful  in  many  important  suits.  He  took 
no  active  part  in  the  war,  but  his  entire  influence  was 
given  to  the  support  of  the  government. 

His  decease  was  sudden  and  unexpected.  He  had  been 
suffering  for  a  short  time  from  a  cold,  and  was  taken  ill  in 
the  night ;  a  physician  was  sent  for,  who  prescribed,  and 
assured  the  family  that  the  patient  was  in  no  immediate 
danger ;  but  about  an  hour  later,  at  three  o'clock  in  the 
morning  of  July  23d,  1877,  he  peacefully  expired.  His 
disease  was  congestion  of  the  lungs. 

Mr.  Jackson  was  a  man  of  strong  and  marked  charac- 
ter, whose  direct,  straightforward  honesty  made  him  fully 
trusted  by  all  who  knew  him.  He  was  a  sound  thinker 
and  a  good  writer,  possessing  a  decided  taste  for  litera- 
ture ;  and  although  somewhat  inclined  to  reticence,  was 
popular  in  college  and  generally  liked  and  respected.  He 
was  unmarried. 

Editor  Williams  Quarterly.  Valedictory,  Adelphic 
Un.,  1854.  ^sthetical,  Commencement,  1854.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  1864. 


Rev.  John  Tatlock,  Jr.,  of  Hoosac  Falls,  Rensse- 
laer County,  N.  Y.,  second  son  of  James  and  Jane  Tat- 
lock, was  born  in  Liverpool,  Eng.,  his  parents'  home, 
January  29th,  1835.  He  is  the  nephew  of  Prof.  John,, 
brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  William,  and  father  of  the  third  John, 
and  of  Seymour  W.  Tatlock  (see  Index). 


192  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1853. 

Having  lost  his  parents,  the  one  in  1846  and  the  other 
in  the  year  following,  the  subject  of  this  sketch  sailed  for 
the  United  States  in  1850,  and  became  a  member  of  his 
uncle's  family  in  Williamstown.  Was  fitted  for  college  in 
Hinsdale  by  Rev.  I.  N.  Lincoln,  afterwards  Professor  of 
Latin  in  Williams,  entered  the  same  college  in  1852,  as 
Freshman,  and  was  graduated  in  1856  with  the  Mathe- 
matical Oration,  on  the  subject "  Seven."  He  then  studied 
theology  at  Auburn  Seminary,  was  licensed  to  preach  by 
the  Presbytery  of  Cayuga  in  1858, and  in  December  of  the 
same  year  married  Lucy  B.,  daughter  of  Seymour  Whit- 
man, Esq.,  of  Williamstown, 

In  1859  M^-  Tatlock  was  settled  over  the  Congrega- 
tional church  in  South  Adams,  with  which  he  remained 
for  seven  years.  After  a  year  spent  with  the  Woodside 
Presbyterian  church,  Troy,  N.  Y.,  he  accepted  a  call 
from  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Hoosac  Falls,  of  which  he 
is  still  in  charge. 

He  has  had  six  children,  one  of  whom  is  deceased  ;  two 
sons,  now  in  Williams,  follow  their  father,  uncle,  and  great- 
uncle  in  the  same  Society  connection.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1855.  Editor  Williams  Quarterly,  1856. 
Mathematical,  Commencement,  1856.  Master's  Oration, 
1859.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


Rev.  Joseph  Franklin  Noble,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
son  of  Rev.  Mason  and  Ann  C.  [Pleasants]  Noble, — the 
former  a  native  of  Williamstown,  graduate  of  and  tutor  in 
the  college,  and  since,  for  many  years,  Chaplain  in  the 
U.  S.  Navy, — was  born  in  Washington,  his  parents'  place 
of  residence,  August  25th,  1837.  He  is  cousin  of  Adair 
Pleasants  (see  Index). 

Entered  WiUiams  at  the  beginning  of  Sophomore  year, 
September,  1853,  and  was  graduated  in  1856.  Studied 
theology  in  Union  Seminary,  New  York,  was  graduated 
there  in  1861,  and  ordained  in  Sandusky,  O.,  April  30th, 
1862.     Was  installed  June  loth,  1865,  over  the  Congrega- 


^^53-]  Kappa  Alpha  in   Williams.  193 

tional  church  in  Torringford,  Conn.,  and  on  the  ist  De- 
cember, 1866,  took  charge  of  the  Atlantic  Avenue  Mission, 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  which  he  organized  into  the  Church  of 
the  Covenant,  becoming  its  pastor  upon  its  constitution  in 
March,  1868. 

In  1872  Mr.  Noble  joined  the  staff  of  revisers  engaged 
upon  the  American  Encyclopaedia,  under  the  direction 
of  Dr.  George  Ripley,  in  New  York,  carrying  his  occu- 
pation as  such  along  with  the  management  of  his  church 
until  June,  1874,  when  he  resigned  the  latter,  and  was  sub- 
sequently for  some  time  wholly  in  the  editorial  work.  In 
April,  1875,  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  in  Hempstead,  N.  Y.,  which  charge  he  recently 
resigned  with  the  intention  of  spending  a  year  in  foreign 
travel. 

Mr.  Noble  married,  in  1862,  Emma  M.  Prime,  of  New 
York.  By  this  marriage  he  has  had  a  son  and  five  daugh- 
ters ;  one  of  the  latter  is  deceased.     (Nov.,  1880.) 

Mr.  Noble  some  years  since  discontinued  the  use  of 
his  first  name. 

Junior  Ex.,   1855. 


*JOHN  Lamberton,  of  Ware,  Mass.,  second  son  of 
John  E.  and  Sarah  [Dunbar]  Lamberton,  was  born  at 
Ware,  his  parents'  birthplace  and  home,  February  nth, 
1835.  The  second  and  third  names,  Eddy  Dunbar,  origin- 
ally given  him  he  discarded,  with  the  consent  of  the  family, 
by  legal  process,  finding  them  cumbersome. 

Committed  to  his  mother's  care  by  the  death  of  his 
father,  which  occurred  before  the  birth  of  this  son,  he  was 
ever  warmly  devoted  to  her.  Upon  her  second  marriage, 
in  1 841,  the  family  removed  to  Holyoke,  Mass.,  where 
John  commenced  the  study  of  Latin,  while  engaged  as 
clerk  in  a  store.  Encouraged  by  educated  friends,  he  de- 
voted his  little  patrimony  to  securing  an  education  for 
himself,  saying,  **  Money  invested  in  my  brain  will  be 
safe." 

13 


194  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1853. 

After  spending  two  years  in  Williston  Seminary,  he 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1852,  and  in 
1856  was  graduated  with  the  Salutatory  Oration. 

Soon  after,  being  invited  by  gentlemen  from  New  Eng- 
land to  go  to  Philadelphia  and  take  charge  of  a  school  in 
that  city,  he  did  so.  But  the  constitution  which  he  inher- 
ited was  not  robust ;  his  elder  only  brother  had  died  in 
youth ;  his  own  health  had  been  too  heavily  taxed  and  was 
breaking  down,  so  that  he  was  compelled  to  rehnquish 
this  undertaking.  Before  leaving  Philadelphia  he  decided 
to  give  up  his  original  intention  of  studying  law,  and  to 
enter  the  ministry ;  and  in  the  mean  time  he  returned  to 
Springfield,  then  the  family  home,  for  rest  and  recupera- 
tion, if  attainable.  But  his  health  continued  steadily  to 
decHne  until  his  decease,  which  occurred  upon  the  28th 
of  June,  1857. 

During  his  illness  his  resignation  found  expression  m 
words  like  these :  "  I  have  desired,  struggled  to  live.  I 
have  consecrated  my  life  to  God  and  his  service,  and  do 
not  doubt  my  acceptance  through  Christ's  righteousness. 
I  shall  soon  die.  I  cheerfully  give  up  all.  Thy  will  be 
done.  He  loves  me,  and  doeth  all  things  well."  He  spoke 
of  the  Society,  to  which  he  was  warmly  devoted,  and  ex- 
pressed the  desire  that  all  its  members  should  be  men  of 
honor  and  purity.  '' And,  remembering  gratefully  all  his 
friends,  instructors,  physicians,  and  his  own  family,  in  great 
debility  of  body,  but  with  his  mind  clear  and  filled  with 
abundant  peace,  this  lovely  and  gifted  young  man  left  the 
scenes  of  life  to  be  forever  with  the  Lord,  who  had  need 
of  him." 

His  mother  relates  that  during  his  illness,  speaking  in 
whispers  through  feebleness,  he  said,  giving  her  his  badge,. 
"  Wear  this  key,  mother,  as  a  keepsake  from  me  while  you 
live,  and  have  it  finally  returned  to  the  Society."  "  This,'" 
she  adds,  "  will  be  done  ;  and  should  you  ever  meet  an  old 
lady  of  seventy,  erect  in  form,  with  white  hair,  wearing 
the  key,  for  the  memory  of  him  who  wore  the  same,  give 
me  your  hand." 

During  his  college  course  the  subject  of  this  sketch 


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won  the  high  approbation  of  the  Faculty  in  all  respects ; 
he  was  considered  by  the  President  "a  credit  to  his  class 
and  to  the  college  ;"  while  his  personal  friends,  who  recall 
his  tall  and  slender  figure,  attractive  face,  modest  bearing, 
and  warm  yet  delicate  manner,  together  with  the  many 
qualities  of  mind  and  heart  which  endeared  him  to  them, 
will  ever  unite  in  saying,  "  Very  pleasant  hast  thou  been 
unto  me." 

Greek  Oration,  Junior  Ex.,  1855.  Valedictory,  Adel- 
phic  Un.  Ex.,  1856;  subject,  "  Plato."  Salutatory,  Com- 
mencement, 1856. 


Rev.  William  Tatlock,  D.D.,  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  old- 
est son  of  James  and  Jane  Tatlock,  was  born  in  Liverpool, 
Eng.,  his  parents'  home,  May  26th,  1833.  He  is  the  brother 
of  Rev.  John,  nephew  of  Prof.  John,  and  uncle  of  John 
and  Seymour  W.  Tatlock  (see  Index). 

Was  educated  in  part  in  the  Liverpool  Collegiate 
School,  of  which  Conybeare  and  Howson  were  respec- 
tively Principal  and  Vice-Principal,  but  after  his  parents* 
death  followed  his  brother,  in  1852,  to  the  United  States, 
and  came  to  reside  with  his  uncle  in  Williamstown.  In 
the  autumn  of  the  following  year  he  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  and  in  1857  was  graduated  with  the  Philosoph- 
ical Oration.  During  his  course  he  assisted  in  maintaining 
services  in  one  or  more  struggHng  Episcopal  churches  in 
the  neighborhood,  and  at  its  close  entered  the  General 
Theological  Seminary,  of  that  denomination,  in  New  York, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  i860.  Was  ordained 
Deacon,  December  21st,  1859,  and  Priest,  November  nth, 
i860,  by  Bishop  Potter  of  New  York:  For  nearly  a  year 
was  Assistant  to  Rev.  Dr.  Geer  at  St.  Timothy's,  New 
York,  and  in  November,  i860,  became  Rector  of  St.  John's, 
North  Adams,  while  his  brother  was  settled  in  the  South- 
ern division  of  the  same  town.  In  1862  became  Assistant 
Minister,  and  in  1864  Associate  Rector,  of  St.  Peter's,  Al- 
bany, and  in  May,  1866,  Rector  of  St.  John's,  Stamford, 


196  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1853. 

where  he  has  since  remained,  notwithstanding  urgent  calls 
to  other  important  parishes. 

Dr.  Tatlock  has  been  Archdeacon  of  Fairfield  since 
1877.  Is  a  member  of  the  Standing  Committee  of  the 
Diocese  of  Connecticut,  Trustee  of  Trinity  College  and 
of  the  General  Theological  Seminary,  and  Assistant  Sec- 
retary of  the  House  of  Bishops.  In  1878  he  received  the 
degree  of  D.D.  from  Union  College. 

He  married,  in  1868,  Florence,  oldest  daughter  of  John 
S.  Perry,  Esq.,  of  Albany,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage 
five  children.    (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1856.  Editor  Williams  Quarterly,  1857. 
Philosophical,  Commencement,  1857.  A.M.  in  course. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.     D.D.,  Union,  1878. 


1854. 

CarsWELL  McClellan,  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  younger 
brother  of  Surgeon  Ely  McClellan  (p.  181),  of  the  same 
class,  was  born  at  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  December  3d,  1835. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  private  school  of  Rev.  Dr. 
S.  Crawford,  in  that  city,  entered  the  Freshman  class  of 
Williams  in  the  fall  of  185 1,  and  was  graduated  in  1855. 
He  immediately  went  West,  and  soon  after  began  work  as 
a  civil  engineer,  upon  the  Hannibal  and  St.  Joseph  Rail- 
road, in  Missouri.  In  1859  ^^  visited  Brazil,  and  while 
there  was  similarly  employed  on  the  Dom  Pedro  Railroad 
and  other  like  works. 

He  returned  to  the  United  States  in  time  to  join  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  of  which  his  cousin,  Gen.  George 
B.  McClellan,  was  commander,  in  its  movement  upon 
Yorktown,  and  was  soon  made  Captain,  and  Assistant  Ad- 
jutant-General to  General  A.  A.  Humphreys,  Chief  Topo- 
graphical Engineer,  under  whom  he  served  in  the  Fifth 
Corps  at  Fredericksburg,  riding  with  him  in  the  first  as- 
sault upon  that  city,  when  he  led  the  last  charge  upon 
Maryland  Heights ;  and  for  services  on  that  occasion  he 


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subsequently  received  from  Congress  the  brevet  of  Major. 
At  Gettysburg  he  was  Chief  of  Staff  to  the  same  General 
(then  in  command  of  the  Second  Division,  Third  Corps, 
under  Major-General  Sickles),  and  was  wounded  on  the 
third  day  of  the  fight.  For  services  in  that  great  engage- 
ment he  was  brevetted  Lieutenant-Colonel. 

He  was  attached  at  .different  times  to  other  commands ; 
was  finally  captured  at  the  occupation  of  the  Weldon 
Railroad  near  Petersburg,  and,  after  a  short  confinement 
in  Libby  Prison,  paroled,  upon  which  he  resigned.  After 
the  war  he  spent  some  three  years  in  the  oil  country  in 
Pennsylvania ;  then  resumed  engineering,  and  about  ten 
years  since  settled  in  Minnesota  for  work  upon  the  North- 
ern Pacific  Railroad. 

Mr.  McClellan  married,  July  13th,  1868,  Mrs.  Annie 
Davis  Dewey,  of  CoUinsville,  III,  and  he  has  had  by  this 
marriage  two  sons  and  three  daughters.     (1880.) 


Rev.  Lester  Courtland  Rogers,  of  Edgerton,  Rock 
County,  Wis.,  son  of  Rev.  Lester  T.and  Susan  H.  [Cran- 
dall]  Rogers, — the  latter  of  Hopkinton,  R.  L,  before  mar- 
riage,—  was  born  at  Waterford,  Conn.,  his  parents'  place 
of  residence,  December  nth,  1829.  He  is  a  descendant, 
in  the  tenth  generation,  of  John  Rogers,  the  Smithfield 
martyr. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Alfred  (N.  Y.)  Academy, 
entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of  1853,  and 
was  graduated,  with  a  poem  entitled  "  The  Trance,"  in 
1856. 

His  father  and  grandfather  having  both  been  ministers 
of  the  Seventh-day  Baptist  denomination,  he  devoted 
himself  to  the  same  calling,  and  in  the  fall  of  1857  entered 
Rutgers  Theological  Seminary,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  i860.  His  first  settlement  was  at  Newmarket, 
N.  J.,  in  which  he  continued  until  the  spring  of  1868.  Soon 
after  assuming  this  charge,  he  entered  the  Union  army 
under  the  President's  call  for  nine  months'  volunteers,  and 
became  Chaplain  of  the  Twenty-ninth  New  Jersey.     He 


198  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1854. 

was  called  "  the  fighting  Chaplain"  from  having  first  en- 
listed in  the  ranks,  and  from  his  uniform  practice  of  follow- 
ing his  regiment  into  the  field. 

His  second  settlement  was  at  Leonardsville,  N.  Y., 
where  he  remained  until  January,  1872,  when  he  accepted 
the  charge  of  the  college  church  in  Milton  (Wis.)  College. 
This  connection  continued  until  1875,  and  throughout  its 
duration  Mr.  Rogers  was  busily  engaged  in  additional 
work,  as  president  of  various  conferences  and  delegate  to 
meetings  of  similar  bodies.  He  was  often  called  upon, 
likewise,  to  deliver  discourses  upon  special  occasions,  a 
number  of  which,  together  with  other  contributions  from 
his  pen,  have  been  published  in  the  Sabbath  Recorder,  the 
denominational  organ. 

In  August,  1875,  Mr.  Rogers  accepted  an  invitation 
from  the  American  Sabbath  Tract  Society  to  lecture  on 
the  Sabbath  question  throughout  the  country,  and  he  has 
since  been  thus  occupied  in  both  the  Eastern  and  Western 
States. 

On  the  30th  August,  1857,  he  married  Josephine  Wil- 
cox, of  Westerly,  R.  I.,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  three 
children.     (1880.) 

Poem,  Sophomore  Fourth  of  July  Celebration,  1855. 
Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1855.  Poem,  Adelphic  Union  Ex., 
1855.     Commencement,  1856.     A.M.  in  course. 


Oliver  Bronson,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  younger 
brother  of  Isaac  Bronson  (p.  188),  was  born  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  April  30th,  1837.  Two  years  later  his  father 
removed  to  Hudson,  which  thenceforward  became  for 
many  years  his  home. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  L.  J.  Dud- 
ley, in  Northampton,  Mass.,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  autumn  of  1854,  and  was  graduated  in  1858. 
He  then  spent  some  time  in  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1861,  and 
was  subsequently  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York. 


1 854-]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  199 

In  the  fall  of  1865  he  retired  from  practice,  and  accom- 
panied his  parents  to  Florida,  his  father  being  in  failing 
health  and  needing  his  presence.  His  residence  there 
was  continued  through  a  term  of  ten  years,  during  which, 
in  the  spring  of  1870,  occurred  his  marriage  with  Julia 
F.,  daughter  of  George  Colt,  Esq.,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.  By 
this  marriage  he  has  had  two  sons,  of  whom  one  is  now 
living. 

In  the  summer  of  1879  ^^^-  Bronson  purchased  a  resi- 
dence and  settled  in  Binghamton.     (1880.) 


*  William  Johnson  Slidell,  of  Princeton,  N.  J.,  son 
of  Hon.  Thomas  Slidell,  late  Chief-Justice  of  Louisiana, 
and  cousin  of  Col.  R.  S.  Mackenzie  (see  Index),  was  born 
at  New  Orleans,  La.,  in  August,  1838,  entered  Williams, 
as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1854,  and  remained  until  the 
end  of  Sophomore  year. 

Upon  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war  he  obtained  a 
commission  in  the  U.  S.  army  as  first  lieutenant  in  one  of 
the  new  regiments  of  the  regular  infantry,  and  served  with 
much  distinction  in  the  Armies  of  the  Cumberland  and 
the  Potomac.  In  1863  was  commissioned  Colonel  of  a 
regiment  of  New  York  Volunteers,  which  he  commanded 
during  the  remainder  of  the  war.  At  its  close  he  re- 
signed his  commission  and  retired  to  civil  life.  "  He 
was  remarkable  for  his  gallant  bearing,  his  singularly 
attractive  appearance,  and  his  conspicuous  courage  ; 
and  he  was  very  dear  to  all  who  knew  him.  Courtly, 
witty,  generous,  and  full  of  talents,  he  had  a  brilliant  ca-^ 
reer  before  him  had  he  pursued  his  profession — the  law  ; 
but  fond  of  field-sports  and  devoted  to  his  family,  he  pre- 
ferred the  less  ambitious  life  of  a  country  gentleman. 
While  preparing  to  take  his  family  to  Europe  he  became 
ill,  and  died  at  Princeton,"  February  6th,  1881,  "  near  the 
old  university  of  which  his  great-grandfather,  the  Rev. 
Dr.  Witherspoon,  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence,  was  so  long  the  president.  Its  presi- 
dent, ex-president,  and  professors  joined  with  the  other 


200  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1854. 

prominent  citizens  of  Princeton  in  paying  the  last  honors 
to  this  gallant  soldier  and  accomplished  gentleman." 

He  was  buried  beside  his  father  in  the  Island  Cemetery 
at  Newport.  N,  V.  World,  Feb.  i2>ih,  1881. 


Hon,  James  Etherington  Trimble,  ll.d.,  of  Farmer- 
ville,  La.,  son  of  Samuel  T.  and  Matilda  E.  [Appleton]  Trim- 
ble, was  born  at  Bridgewater,  Pa.,  February  22d,  1834. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  a  private  tutor  at  Alle- 
gheny City,  Pa.,  entered  Williams  in  September,  1853,  as 
Freshman,  and  was  graduated  in  1857.  ^^  then  went  to 
Iowa  and  commenced  the  study  of  law.  In  1859  ^^  be- 
came President  of  Farmerville  Female  College,  and  he 
so  continued  until  1862,  when  he  entered  the  Confederate 
army,  and  was  assigned  to  duty  as  military  engineer,  with 
rank  of  First  Lieutenant  of  Cavalry.  Was  subsequently 
transferred  to  the  Assistant  Adjutant-General's  depart- 
ment as  Chief  of  Staff,  with  acknowledged  rank  of  Ma- 
jor, to  General  D.  Provence.  But  "  before,  throughout, 
and  since  the  war  has  been  a  Union  man,"  and  cast  the 
only  Republican  vote  in  his  parish,  in  1868,  for  General 
Grant. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  he  resumed  his  legal  studies, 
and  in  1866  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Louisiana.  In 
1872  was  elected  Judge  of  the  Eleventh  District  of  the 
State,  and  for  the  four  ensuing  years  he  held  that  position. 
It  was  during  this  time  that  he  performed  the  most  con- 
spicuous act  of  his  life  by  imprisoning  a  U.  S.  officer  for 
refusing  to  recognize  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus.  This  was 
done  by  way  of  "  vindicating  the  supremacy  of  the  civil 
over  military  authority  in  time  of  peace,"  and  is  said  to 
have  been  the  first  act  of  the  kind  in  the  history  of  the 
country. 

In  1859  Judge  Trimble  received  the  degree  of  .LL.D. 
from  Mount  Lebanon  (La.)  University. 

He  is  now  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
Has  been  a  leading  member  of  the  Masonic  Order. 

In  1858  married,  at  Washington,  Ark.,  Laura  C.  Bart- 


1 854-]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  201 

lett,  of  Williamstown,  who  died  in  i860,  leaving  a  son. 
By  his  second  marriage,  which  took  place  November 
15th,  1 861,  with  Isabella  Hunger,  of  Rutland,  Vt,  he  has 
six  children.     (1880.) 

President  Philotechnian.    Commencement,  1857."  A.M. 
in  course.     LL.D.,  Mt.  Leb.  Univ.,  1859. 


James  Hugh  Peters,  of  Englewood,  N.  J.,  son  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Absalom  Peters,  who  was  for  many  years  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  in  Williamstown  and  a 
Trustee  of  the  college,  and  Mrs.  Harriet  H.  [Hatch) 
Peters, — a  resident  before  marriage  of  Norwich,  Vt., — 
was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York,  then  his  parents'  place 
of  residence,  November  13th,  1837.  He  accompanied  his 
father  to  Williamstown  in  1844,  and  was  fitted  for  college 
in  the  town  schools.  Entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
the  fall  of  1854,  but  left  July  ist,  1856,  just  before  the  close 
of  his  Sophomore  year,  and  immediately  after  settled  ia 
New  York,  entering  the  house  of  Booth  &  Edgar,  sugar- 
refiners,  of  which  firm  he  afterwards  became  a  member. 

On  the  1st  February,  1868,  he  married  Mary  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  his  senior  partner,  William  A.  Booth,  Esq.,  and  by 
this  marriage  he  has  had  three  sons,  one  of  whom  is  de- 
ceased, and  a  daughter.  In  1868  he  removed  his  residence 
to  Englewood,  where  he  takes  an  active  part  in  Sabbath- 
school  and  other  work  in  the  church  of  his  brother-in-law,. 
Rev.  Dr.  H.  M.  Booth. 

Mr.  Peters  served  our  Society  very  effectively  and  ac- 
ceptably in  connection  with  the  erection  of  its  new  House 
in  Williamstown,  towards  the  accomplishment  of  which 
his  labors  as  a  member  of  the  Building  Committee  largely 
contributed. 

During  the  present  year  Mr.  Peters  has  withdrawn 
from  the  business  in  which  he  was  long  engaged,  and  be- 
come a  member  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  in 
which  he  represents  the  firm  of  Hatch  &  Peters,  bankers. 

In  1873  he  was  restored  to  the  roll  of  his  class  (1858) 


202  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1854. 

upon  receiving  the  degree  of  A.B.  from  the  college.   That 
of  A.M.  followed.    (1881.) 

Address,  No.  25  Pine  Street. 


Samuel  McCoskry  Cleveland,  m.d.,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  oldest  son  of  Professor  Charles  D.  and  Alison  [Nis- 
bet]  Cleveland,  and  brother  of  Tread  well  Cleveland  (see 
Index),  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  December  7th,  1837. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  father,  a  well-known 
educator,  author,  and  philanthropist,  and  at  Phillips  Acad- 
emy, Andover  ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1854, 
and  was  graduated  in  1858  with  the  Metaphysical  Oration. 
Returning  home,  he  at  first  opened  a  school  in  the  city 
for  boys,  but  soon  after  accepted  the  position  of  Profes- 
sor of  English  Literature  and  Rhetoric  in  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania.  In  1875  he  retired  from  his  professor- 
ship and  entered  upon  a  course  of  study  at  the  Philadel- 
phia Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  from  which  he  was 
duly  graduated ;  and  since  then  he  has  been  engaged  in 
practice  according  to  that  school. 

Dr.  Cleveland  married,  August  14th,  1879,  Julia  Con- 
over,  of  Freehold,  N.  J. 

Address,  No.  252  South  Twenty-first  Street. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1856.  Junior  Ex.,  1857.  Meta- 
physical, Commencement,  1858.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


1855. 

William  Lansing,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  younger  brother 
of  Abraham  Lansing  (p.  187),  was  born  at  Albany,  March 
20th,  1837. 

He  w^as  fitted  for  college  at  Albany  Academy  and 
under  tutors ;  also  in  part  at  Stockbridge  and  South 
WiUiamstown.     Entered    Williams,  at   the   beginning   of 


1 855-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  203 

second  term  Sophomore,  in  the  winter  of  1855,  and  was 
graduated  in  1857.  ^^  then  studied  law  in  Albany,  was 
duly  admitted,  and  has  ever  since  been  engaged  in  legal 
practice  there,  for  a  number  of  years  in  partnership  with 
his  brother  above  named.  During  a  part  of  this  time  he 
has  held  the  position  of  Master  and  Examiner  in  the  U.  S. 
Supreme  Court. 

Mr.  Lansing  married,  October  17th,  1867,  Caroline  A., 
-daughter  of  Robert  McClellan,  Esq.,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y., 
and  by  this  marriage  he  has  had  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, of  whom  a  son  and  a  daughter  are  deceased.     (1881.) 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1856.     Commencement,  1857. 


Rev.  Edward  Payson  Hammond,  of  Vernon,  Conn., 
•son  of  Elijah  and  Esther  [Griswold]  Hammond,  was  born 
:at  Ellington,  Conn.,  September  ist,  1831.  At  the  age  of 
seven  he  removed  with  the  family  to  Vernon,  which  has 
ever  since  been  his  home. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary  and 
Phillips  Academy,  Andover,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  fall  of  1854,  and  was  graduated  in  1858.  He 
then  began  the  study  of  theology  in  Union  Theological 
Seminary,  New  York  ;  after  two  years  spent  in  that  insti- 
tution crossed  the  Atlantic,  and  continued  his  course  in 
the  Seminary  of  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland,  in  Edin- 
burgh. While  thus  engaged  he  received  an  invitation  to 
hold  meetings  in  the  vacant  church  of  a  village  near  by, 
and  his  success  in  that  work,  which  resulted  in  a  great  re- 
ligious awakening,  led  him  to  devote  himself  to  the  pro- 
fession of  an  evangelist.  He  was  invited  to  other  neigh- 
boring fields.  Immense  audiences  were  attracted  to  his 
iservices,  which  were  held  in  the  churches  of  the  large 
cities,  as  well  as  in  public  halls  and  in  the  open  air,  where 
they  were  attended  by  thousands  who  would  not  enter 
the  churches. 

After  two  years  thus  spent  he  returned  to  the  United 
States,  and  for  the  ensuing  five  continued  his  labors  in 


204  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1S55, 

his  peculiar  method  throughout  the  New  England  and 
Middle  States.  This  method  may  be  said  to  consist  in. 
frequent  meetings,  some  for  preaching  and  others  special- 
ly for  prayer  and  private  personal  appeal,  in  simple, 
familiar,  and  colloquial,  but  earnest,  discourses,  dealing 
largely  in  anecdote  and  illustration  ;  in  the  free  use  of 
hymns  and  music,  printed  pledges  and  leaflets,  and  like 
means  calculated  to  make  an  immediate  impression. 

After  five  years  of  this  work  Mr.  Hammond  visited 
Palestine,  and  subsequently  spent  many  months  in  Great 
Britain,  preaching  daily  for  sixteen  weeks  in  London 
alone,  part  of  the  time  in  Rev.  Mr.  Spurgeon's  Tabernacle,, 
to  immense  audiences.  Since  his  return  he  has  labored 
extensively  from  Canada  and  the  shores  of  Lake  Erie  to 
Texas  and  to  the  Pacific  coast,  and  he  is  still  engaged 
wherever  specially  called.  During  the  past  winter  his 
work  has  been  in  Manitoba,  and  thence  homeward  through 
Canada.  Much  of  his  effort  is  directed  towards  the  con- 
version of  children,  in  which  he  very  thoroughly  believes. 
Extensive  revivals  have  usually  attended  his  services.  In 
the  city  of  St.  Louis  alone  over  seven  thousand  persons 
are  said  to  have  been  added  recently  to  the  churches  as 
the  fruit,  under  Providence,  of  his  labors. 

During  the  last  twenty  years  he  has  thus  been  at  work 
in  many  parts  of  the  world,  and  he  is  still  ready  to  go  on. 
It  is  his  practice  to  recruit  during  the  summer  season  at 
his  pleasant  home  in  Vernon,  and  to  give  the  winter  more 
especially  to  his  work.  In  connection  with  this  he  has 
written  a  number  of  religious  books  which  have  been  ex- 
tensively circulated. 

Mr.  Hammond  married,  in  1866,  Eliza  Overton,  of 
Towanda,  Pa.,  great-granddaughter  of  George  Clymer^ 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration.  He  says :  ''  We 
have  no  olive-plants.  If  we  had,  I  should  desire  all  the 
boys  to  be  sons  of  old  K.  A.  The  influence  of  the  Society 
upon  me  in  college  was  only  beneficial."     (March,  1881.) 

Commencement,  1858;  subject,  "Experience  as  an 
Element  in  Oratory."     A.  M.  in  course. 


1 855-1  Kappa  Alpha  in  Wtlltams.  205 

Rev.  Robert  Meech,  class  of  1858,  Allegheny  City, 


Pa. 


Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1857.    Valedictory,  Adelphic  Un. 
Ex.,  1858.     A.M.,  Trinity,  1867. 


Walter  De  Forest  Day,  m.d.,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Samuel  S.  and  Catharine  A.  [De  Forest]  Day,  and 
older  brother  of  Orrin  and  J.  S.  Day  (see  Index),  was 
born  at  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  his  parents*  home,  October  26th, 
1835.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Tutor  Swan 
in  Williamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1855, 
and  was  graduated  in  1859.  ^^  then  studied  medicine  at 
the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York 
City,  at  which  he  was  graduated.  During  the  first  year  of 
the  war  Dr.  Day  served  as  medical  cadet  in  the  U.  S.  army. 
He  then  settled  in  New  York  for  practice,  and  in  1869 
became  Professor  of  Materia  Medica  and  Botany  in  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  In  1873  was  appointed 
Superintendent  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Health,  which 
position  he  still  holds. 

He  married,  September  9th,  1869,  Sarah  E.  Wheeler, 
and  by  this  marriage  he  has  had  three  children,  two  of 
whom  are  now  living.     (Dec,  1879.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1856.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1858.  Com- 
mencement, 1859. 


Edwin  Harris  Darling,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  son  of  Hon. 
Timothy  and  Lucy  [Harris]  Darling,  both  of  Calais,  Me., 
and  oldest  brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  T.  G.  and  S.  W.  Darling  (see 
Index\  was  born  at  Calais,  January  28th,  1839.  ^^^  father 
being  soon  after  appointed  U.  S.  Consul  at  Nassau,  New 
Providence,  he  was  taken  to  that  island  and  fitted  for  col- 
lege in  part  at  Nassau.  His  preparation  was  completed 
at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  and  he  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman, 
in  the  fall  of  1855,  graduating  in  1859  ^^^^^^  ^"  Honorary 


2o6  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1855. 

oration.  He  studied  law  with  Hon.  G.  F.  Shepley,  of 
Portland,  Me.,  was  admitted  to  the  New  York  bar  in  the 
spring  of  1861,  and  has  since  practised  in  New  York  City 
and  in  Boston,  although  out  of  the  profession  for  about 
three  years,  during  part  of  which  time  he  was  editor  of 
the  Charlestown  (Mass.)  Chronicle.  He  is  at  present  Bail 
Commissioner  of  Suffolk  County  and  Secretary  of  the 
Williams  Alumni  Association  of  Boston. 

Mr.  Darling  married,  November  28th,  1863,  JuHa  F. 
Kinney,  of  Cincinnati,  O.,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage 
two  children,  one  of  whom,  a  daughter,  is  now  living. 
(1880.) 

Address,  13  Court  Square. 

Junior  Ex.,  1858.  Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1859.  Honor- 
ary Or.,  Commencement,  1859.     P^i  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


1856. 

*  John  Freligh  Platt,  of  Plattsburg,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Moss  Kent  and  Elizabeth  T.  [Freligh]  Platt,  was  born  at 
Plattsburg,  November  19th,  1837.  His  great-grandfather 
was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  that  town,  which 
was  named  in  honor  of  him.  His  maternal  grandmother 
was  the  only  sister  of  Chancellor  Kent,  of  New  York. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  entered  Williams  College, 
as  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of  1853,  ^t  the  age  of  fifteen; 
but,  failing  in  health,  returned  home  after  an  unusually 
promising  beginning  of  his  proposed  course.  Two  years 
of  active  out-door  life  restored  him  to  vigor,  and  he  re- 
turned to  college,  joining  the  class  of  1858.  But  a  severe 
cold,  taken  in  the  spring  of  1857  while  watching  with  a 
brother  student  who  was  ill,  and  kept  from  the  knowledge 
of  his  family  friends,  laid  the  foundation  of  the  fatal  dis- 
ease, consumption,  which  terminated  his  life,  at  home, 
February  25th,  1858. 

Funeral  services  were  held  on  the  28th,  at  the  First 


1856.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  207 

Presbyterian  Church,  in  the  course  of  which  a  ser- 
mon was  preached  by  Rev.  Dr.  Coit  of  the  Episcopal 
Church,  who  said  of  the  deceased :  "  There  was  in  him 
such  purity  of  heart,  such  delicacy  of  sentiment,  such  re- 
finement of  taste,  such  tenderness  of  spirit,  blended  with 
a  true  manliness,  unwavering  faithfulness,  an  earnest  pur- 
pose to  be  and  do  something  in  the  world,  and  an  indomi- 
table energy  and  perseverance,  all  beautified  by  grace," 
that  "  were  I  to  attempt  to  portray  the  many  virtues  and 
amiable  qualities  of  our  young  friend,  the  picture  would 
fall  far  below  the  reality  in  the  eyes  of  those  who  knew 
him  best  and  loved  him  most."  "  It  was  a  beautiful  sight 
to  see  this  youth,  with  so  much  to  make  life  desirable,  re- 
linquish all,  not  doggedly  because  he  could  not  help  him- 
self, but  cheerfully,  gladly.  It  was  a  good  sight  to  see 
how  manfully  he  bore  himself,  and  yet  how  humbly.  It 
was  good  to  witness  the  sweet  peace,  the  holy  calm,  the 
almost  rapturous  joy,  with  which  he  met  death.  And 
this  was  not  nature,  it  was  Jesus  with  him." 

The  Plattsburg  Journal  commemorated  the  sad  event 
in  similar  terms:  ''The  Christian  hope  which  dawned 
upon  his  childhood  fully  sustained  him  now,  and  enabled 
him  to  cheer  and  comfort  the  mourners  around  him. 
Calm  and  peaceful  to  the  last,  he  took  an  affectionate 
leave  of  all  near  to  him,  and  then,  as  vision  and  hearing 
failed,  with  a  clear,  audible,  twice-repeated  Amen,  he 
passed  away.  We  may  not  speak  of  the  desolated  house- 
hold at  his  paternal  home,  nor  of  that  noble  and  manly 
beauty,  nor  of  the  cherished  hopes  which  have  gone 
down  with  it  to  the  tomb ;  but  by  faith  in  Him  who  is 
the  Resurrection  and  the  Life  we  say,  '  Blessed  are  the 
dead  who  die  in  the  Lord.'  " 

The  peculiar  characteristics  of  this  young  broth- 
er's mind  were  great  force  of  will,  indomitable  resolu- 
tion, and  unconquerable  perseverance.  It  was  not  his 
habit  to  accept  an  opinion  or  believe  a  proposition 
without  sifting  it  to  its  foundation ;  nor  to  enter  upon  a 
subject  without  giving  it  a  thorough  examination.  He 
was  extremely  reserved,  except  with  his  intimate  friends,. 


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.and  sedulous  in  the  avoidance  of  display  and  publicity. 
His  taste  was  for  literary  pursuits,  through  which  he 
hoped  to  exert  an  extended  influence.  Few  men  of  twice 
his  years  have  read  as  much  or  digested  what  they  have 
read  as  carefully  as  he  had  done.  His  conversation  dur- 
ing his  illness  was  often  brilliant,  embracing  a  wide  range 
of  topics,  the  politics  of  the  day,  science,  poetry,  religion, 
and  amusing  anecdote,  so  as  to  cause  his  friends  to  won- 
der where  he  had  gathered  such  a  fund  of  information. 

His  natural  habit  of  mind  led  him,  when  he  found  that 
his  recovery  was  improbable,  to  look  calmly  at  the  subject 
of  death  and  to  examine  into  his  hopes  for  the  life  here- 
after. To  the  settlement  of  his  belief  in  the  vital  truths 
of  religion  he  addressed  the  full  force  of  his  intellect, 
.shutting  himself  up  for  days  together  while  thus  engaged, 
and  resting  his  whole  soul  at  length  upon  Christ  without 
a  shadow  of  doubt  or  a  cloud  of  despondency,  until  he 
passed  away  into  the  eternal  world,  with  the  words, 
^'  Precious  Jesus,  Amen,"  lingering  on  his  dying  lips. 

Cominunicated. 


Leonidas  William  Morss,  of  Ledge  Dale,  Wayne  Co., 
Pa.,  son  of  Burton  G.  and  Caroline  A.  Morss,  was  born  at 
Red  Falls,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  residence,  January  17th, 
1838.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Davenpoi't  and  Pratts- 
ville,  N.  Y.,  and  at  Glendale,  Mass.,  entered  Williams, 
September,  1856,  as  Freshman,  and  was  graduated  in  i860. 
He  has  been  ever  since  engaged  in  the  business  of  tanning 
and  in  farming.  Married,  October  i8th,  1866,  Minnie  E. 
Morss,  of  Carbondale,  Pa.,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage 
five  children,  four  of  whom  are  now  living.  Within  a 
few  years  Mr.  Morss  has  removed  to  his  present  residence, 
x:ontinuing  in  the  same  business  as  before.     (1880.) 


Rev.  Joseph  William  Hyde,  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  son 
of  Joseph  Hyde— a  graduate  of  Williams  and  brother  of 
Alex.    Hyde   (p.   14)  — and   of   Catharine    M.    [McEwen] 


1856.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  209 

Hyde,  was   born  in   New  York   City,  then  his  parents' 
place  of  residence,  December  4th,  1839. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  Collegiate  School  of 
Forest  and  Welling  in  New  York,  entered  Williams  in 
1856,  not  long  after  his  father's  removal  to  Sheffield,  Mass., 
and  was  graduated  in  i860  with  the  ^sthetical  Oration. 
In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  he  became  assistant  in 
Kenwood  School,  New  Brighton,  Pa.,  where  he  remained 
until  the  spring  of  1862,  when  he  removed  to  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  and  with  his  father  took  charge  of  a  private  school 
in  that  city,  at  the  same  time  becoming  a  candidate  for 
orders  in  the  Episcopal  Church,  and  pursuing  theological 
studies.  He  was  ordained  deacon  in  April,  1865,  by 
Bishop  Potter  of  New  York,  and  in  August  following 
took  charge  of  St.  Stephen's,  North  Castle,  and  St.  Mark's^ 
New  Castle,  Westchester  County,  N.  Y.,  residing  at  Aro- 
nock.  In  November  following  was  ordained  priest.  In: 
March,  1867,  became  assistant  to  Rev.  Dr.  Tatlock  of  St.. 
John's,  Stamford  ;  in  March,  1871,  rector  of  Christ 
Church,  Sharon,  Conn.,  and  in  June,  1873,  returned  to 
his  former  position  at  Stamford,  becoming  also  minister- 
in-charge  of  Emmanuel  Church  in  the  same  place. 

Mr.  Hyde  married,  July  20th,  1865,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Addison  Porter.  Mrs.  Hyde  deceased  in  October,  1874, 
leaving  a  son  and  two  daughters.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1859.  Prest.  Philologian.  Prest.  Williams 
Art  Association.  Editor  Williams  Quarterly,  ^sthetical, 
Commencement,  i860.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 


*  George  Clinton  Dewey,  m.d.,  of  Northampton, 
Mass.,  youngest  brother  of  Hons.  F.  H.  and  C.  A.  Dewey, 
and  cousin  of  Daniel  Dewey  (see  Index),  was  born  at 
Northampton,  December  6th,  1840. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  High  School  and  at 
L.  J.  Dudley's  private  school  in  that  town,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  1856,  and  was  graduated  in  i860. 
He  then  studied  medicine  in  an  office  in  Northampton 


2IO  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1856. 

and  in  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New- 
York,  from  which  he  received  his  degree  of  M.D.  in  1863. 
Soon  after,  he  entered  Bellevue  Hospital  in  the  same  city, 
upon  its  medical  staff,  and  after  spending  about  six  months 
in  study  and  practice  in  this  position,  was  violently  at- 
tacked by  typhus  fever  of  virulent  type,  contracted 
through  exposure  at  the  hospital.  He  succeeded  with 
difficulty  in  reaching  home  in  an  almost  unconscious  con- 
dition, and  died  on  the  17th  of  April,  1864. 

Dr.  Dewey  gave  great  promise  of  excellence  in  his 
profession,  to  which  he  was  entirely  devoted.  As  a  man, 
he  was  very  sincere,  honest,  and  straightforward,  and  as 
a  friend,  genial,  social,  and  unassuming ;  in  every  way  he 
possessed  the  warm  regard  of  his  associates. 

Commencement,  i860.     A.M.  in  course. 


Ranald  Slidell  Mackenzie,  of  the  United  States 
army,  son  of  Alexander  Slidell  and  Catharine  [Robinson] 
Mackenzie,  was  born  July  27th,  1840,  in  the  city  of  New 
York,  his  parents'  place  of  residence.  He  is  cousin  of 
William  J.  Slidell  (p.  199). 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Maurice's  school.  Sing  Sing, 
N.  Y.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September,  1855, 
and  remained  until  the  close  of  first  term  Junior  in  the 
winter  of  1858-59,  when,  having  received  appointment  as 
cadet  in  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  at  West  Point,  he 
entered  that  institution,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
June,  1862.  He  was  then  promoted  Second  Lieutenant 
of  Engineers  U.S.A.  Served  in  the  war  of  the  rebeUion 
as  Assistant  Engineer  Seventh  Army  Corps,  in  Northern 
Virginia  campaign,  being  engaged  at  Kelly's  Ford  and  at 
Manassas,  where  he  was  wounded.  For  services  in  this 
battle  was  brevetted  First  Lieutenant.  Was  engaged 
in  the  Maryland  and  Rappahannock  campaigns,  in  the 
battle  of  Fredericksburg  and  in  that  of  Chancellorsville 
(May  2d-4th,  '63),  for  services  in  which  he  was  brevetted 
Captain.     For  similar  services  at  Gettysburg,  the  same 


1856.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  211 

year,  was  brevetted  Major,  July  4th,  1863.  Was  much 
engaged  in  the  construction,  repair,  and  grading  of 
bridges  and  like  work  as  Captain  in  command  of  the 
Engineer  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac.  Took  part  in 
the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and  the  engagements  about 
Spottsylvania,  and  commanded  a  regiment  in  the  Rich- 
mond campaign,  June,  1864,  being  again  wounded  at  the 
siege  of  Petersburg ;  for  services  in  which  he  was  brevet- 
ted Lieutenant-Colonel,  June,  1864.  July  following  was 
engaged  in  the  defence  of  the  Capital,  commanding  a  regi- 
ment, and  in  August  and  the  following  months,  in  the 
Shenandoah  campaign,  commanding  a  brigade  at  Ope- 
quan,  Fisher's  Hill,  and  Cedar  Creek  (October  19th,  1864), 
where  he  was  again  wounded  and  for  a  short  time  dis- 
abled ;  for  gallant  services  in  which  engagement  he  was 
brevetted  Brigadier-General  of  Volunteers.  At  the  siege 
of  Petersburg  (December,  1864,  to  March,  '65)  was  in 
command  of  a  brigade  and  subsequently  of  a  cavalry  divi- 
sion, and  on  the  13th  of  the  latter  month  was  brevetted 
Brigadier-General  in  the  U.  S.  army  for  services  in  the  field. 
On  the  31st  of  the  same  month  was  brevetted  Major- 
General  of  Volunteers  for  the  same  cause.  In  April  fol- 
lowing took  part  in  the  pursuit  of  Lee's  army,  capitula- 
tion of  Appomattox  Court-House,  and  at  Richmond,  com 
manding  a  cavalry  division  during  the  summer.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1866,  was  mustered  out  of  the  Volunteer  service, 
after  which  he  engaged  as  engineer  U.S.A.  until  March 
6th,  1867,  when  he  was  commissioned  Colonel  Forty-first 
Infantry,  U.S.A.  Has  of  late  been  engaged  in  the  South- 
west as  Colonel  Fourth  U.  S.  Cavalry,  stationed  at  Fort 
Garland,  Col.  During  the  present  month  the  government, 
having  constituted  the  States  of  Arkansas  and  Louisiana 
and  the  Indian  Territory  into  the  military  department 
of  Arkansas,  Col.  Mackenzie  has  been  assigned  to  this 
command,  "according  to  his  brevet  of  Brigadier-General," 
with  headquarters  at  Little  Rock.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Culloms  Biog.  Reg.  Graduates  of  West  Point,  mainly. 

Junior  Ex.,   1858  (appointment   not   fulfilled).      A.B., 


212  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1856. 

Williams,   1863,  restoring  to  class  roll,  and  followed  by 
A.M. 


Samuel  Green  Wheeler  Benjamin,  of  New  York 
City,  son  of  Rev.  Nathan  and  Mary  G.  [Wheeler]  Benja- 
min, was  born  at  Argos,  Greece,  February  13th,  1837. 
His  father,  a  graduate  of  Williams,  and  for  many  years 
missionary  of  the  American  Board  in  Turkey  and  Greece, 
was  of  Welsh  descent,  and  a  native  of  Catskill,  N.  Y. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  1855,  and  was  graduated  in  1859.  ^^  then  passed 
three  years  in  the  State  Library  at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  read 
law,  but  did  not  enter  upon  practice,  becoming  engaged 
in  literary  pursuits.  In  i860  published  '*  Constantinople, 
the  Isle  of  Pearls,  and  other  Poems  ;"  in  1868,  "  The  Turk 
and  the  Greek ;"  in  1869,  ''  Tom  Roper  ;"  in  1870,  "  Choice 
of  Paris  ;"  in  1877,  "  Contemporary  Art  in  Europe  ;" 
in  1878,  "Atlantic  Islands"  and  "Multitudinous  Seas;" 
in  1879,  "The  World's  Paradises"  and  "Our  American 
Artists;"  and  in  1880,  "Troy,  its  History,  Legends,  and 
Literature."  It  is  his  usual  method  to  illustrate  his  books 
and  articles,  from  his  own  designs,  which  have  been  found 
to  possess  especial  attractiveness.  He  has  contributed 
largely  to  the  Atlantic,  Scribners,  Harper  s,  and  other 
monthlies,  and  to  the  North  American  Review;  and  his 
articles  are  generally  assigned  to  leading  places. 

In  art  he  has  furnished  illustrations  to  the  London  Illus- 
trated News  and  numerous  other  periodicals  as  well  as 
books,  and  since  1871  has  painted  professionally,  and  with 
growing  reputation,  especially  selecting  marine  subjects. 

Mr.  Benjamin  is  a  member  of  the  Boston  Art  and  New 
York  Century  clubs.  He  married,  October  20th,  1863^ 
Clara  Stowell,  who  deceased  in  October  of  the  present 
year,  leaving  a  daughter.     (1880.) 

Editor  Williams  Quarterly.  First  Prest.  Williams  Art 
Association.     A.  M.,  (Honorary,)  Williams,  1869. 


1 85 7']  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  213 


1857. 

Rev.  Samuel  Henry  Kellogg,  d.d.,  of  Allegheny  City, 
Pa.,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Mary  P.  [Henry]  Kellogg, — 
the  latter  originally  of  Rutland,  Mass., — was  born  at 
Quogue  (L.  I.),  N.  Y.,  September  6th,  1839. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Lewis  Hard- 
castle,  Haverstraw,  N.  Y, ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman, 
September,  1856;  was  obliged  by  ill  health  to  leave  in 
April,  1857;  remained  out  of  college  a  year,  entered 
Princeton  College  in  the  last  quarter  of  Freshman  year, 
April,  1858,  and  was  graduated  from  that  institution  in 
June,  1 86 1.  In  September  following  he  entered  Princeton 
Seminary,  in  1862  became  Tutor  in  Mathematics  in  the  col- 
lege from  which  he  had  recently  been  graduated,  and  in 
that  position  he  remained  until  the  close  of  1863-64.  In 
April  of  the  latter  year  completed  his  Seminary  course 
and  was  ordained  at  Hempstead,  L.  I.,  and  in  May  follow- 
ing married  Antoinette  W.  Hartwell,  of  Montrose,  Pa. 

In  December,  1865,  Mr.  Kellogg  sailed  for  India  as  a 
missionary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board,  and  upon*  arrival 
was  stationed  at  Futtehgurh,  North  India.  In  1871  he 
revisited  America,  and  in  1872  returned  to  India  and 
settled  at  Allahabad.  On  the  4th  March,  1876,  Mrs. 
Kellogg  died,  and  in  June  following  the  subject  of  this 
notice  returned  permanently  to  the  United  States.  Early 
in  1877  he  was  settled  as  pastor  of  the  Third  Presbyterian 
Church,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  in  July  following  was  elected 
Professor  of  Theology  in  the  Western  Theological  Semi- 
nary, Allegheny  (in  place  of  Rev.  Dr.  A.  A.  Hodge),  his 
present  position. 

Professor  Kellogg  has  published  essays  in  Hindustani, 
in  the  magazine  in  that  language  printed  at  Allahabad  ;  in 
English,  in  the  Friend  of  India  (Calcutta),  Princeton  Re- 
view, Catholic  Presbyterian  (Edinburgh),  and  other  religious 
periodicals.  In  May,  1871,  he  published  a  "Grammar  of 
the  Hindi  Language"  (London  and  Calcutta).  Is  corre- 
sponding member  of  the  American  Oriental  Society. 


214  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1857. 

On  the  20th  of  May,  1879,  ^^'  Kellogg  married  Sara 
C.  Macrum,  of  Pittsburg.  By  his  first  marriage  he  had 
two  sons  and  four  daughters ;  two  of  the  latter  have  de- 
ceased.    (May,  1880.) 

American  Whig  Society,  Princeton.  A.M.,  Princeton, 
1864.     D.D.,  Princeton,  1877. 


Sidney  Wood  Cooper,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Conrad  Cooper,  of  Stillwater,  N.  Y.,  was  born  at  Water- 
ford,  in  the  same  State,  March  4th,  1840. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  principally  at  Kinderhook 
Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1856,  and 
was  graduated  in  i860.  He  then  entered  the  office  of 
Reynolds,  Cochrane  &  Harris,  in  Albany,  as  student  at 
law,  taking  lectures  at  the  same  time  in  Albany  Law 
School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  LL.B.  in 
1 86 1.     Shortly  after  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 

In  August  of  the  same  year  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  Lieutenant  in  the  Eighth  U.  S.  Infantry,  with 
which  he  served  until  August,  1864,  when  he  resigned. 
Subsequently  he  became  Colonel  of  the  First  National 
Guard,  New  York  Volunteers,  known  as  the  Hawkins 
Zouaves. 

After  resigning  from  the  army  Mr.  Cooper  practised 
law  in  New  York  for  eight  or  ten  years.  The  year  1879 
he  spent  with  his  family  in  Europe.  In  December  last 
was  nominated  by  President  Hayes  Consul  at  Cadiz,  and 
was  confirmed  by  the  Senate  on  the  same  day.  This  ap- 
pointment 'includes  five  agencies,  those  of  Seville,  Alge- 
ciras,  and  others,  as  well  as  the  consulate  for  the  Swiss 
Republic  at  all  these  places,  and  is  considered  one  of  the 
best  in  the  consular  service.  During  the  present  month  he 
has  been  appointed  U.S.  Consul  at  Guttenberg,  Germany. 

Mr.  Cooper  delivered  the  annual  poem  before  the 
Alumni  of  Williams,  June  i8th,  1871  ;  and  more  recently 
a  poem  at  a  grand  Burns  banquet  in  New  York,  at  which 
Hon.  David  Dudley  Field  presided. 


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He  married,  in  1862,  the  daughter  of  James  B.  Martin, 
of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  daugh- 
ter.    (May,  188 1.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1858.     Commencement,  i860. 


Rev.  Matthew  LaRue  Perine  Hill,  of  Corning,  N.Y., 
third  son  of  Rev.  R.  W.  and  Elizabeth  A.  [Ten  Eyck] 
Hill, — the  latter  originally  of  Owasco,  N.  Y., — was  born 
at  East  Bloomfield,  N.  ¥.,  March  nth,  1834. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Geneseo  Academy,  en- 
tered Williams  in  1854,  as  Freshman,  and  was  graduated 
in  1858.  Studied  theology  at  Princeton  Seminary,  and 
has  been  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian  churches  at  Little 
Falls  and  Gloversville,  N.  Y.,  Jacksonville,  Fla.,  Des 
Moines,  la.,  and  since  1875  of  that  in  Corning.  In  several 
of  these  places  there  were  revivals  of  special  interest  dur- 
ing his  ministry,  and  in  all  success  and  growth.  Several 
of  Mr.  Hill's  sermons  are  in  print. 

He  married,  in  1870,  at  Johnstown,  N.  Y.,  Marcelia  Gil- 
bert, niece  of  Marcellus  Gilbert,  Esq.,  of  that  place.    (1880.) 

Commencement,  1858.     A.M.  in  course. 


John  Hubbard  Ames,  of  Stamford,  Conn.,  was  born 
at  Housatonic,  Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  December  29th, 
1838. 

From  1843  to  1861  his  home  was  in  New  York,  but 
during  part  of  that  time  he  attended  the  school  of  Alex- 
ander Hyde,  in  Lee,  and  that  of  Joseph  Hyde,  in  Sheffield. 
Entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1856,  and  remained  un- 
til near  the  end  of  Sophomore  year,  when  he  was  dis- 
missed at  his  own  request.  He  then  went  into  business 
in  New  York,  but  his  health  failing,  travelled  in  Europe  in 
1859  ^"d  '60. 

In  July,  1861,  on  the  breaking  out  of  the  war,  he  en- 
tered the  U.  S.  Navy,  as  engineer,  and  remained  in  the 


2i6  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1857. 

service  until  September,  1865.  Has  since  been  engaged 
in  business,  having  filled  at  various  times  the  positions  of 
Superintendent  of  the  Yale  &  Winn  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany, Shelburne  Falls;  of  the  Yale  Lock  Company,  Stam- 
ford ;  the  Herring  &  Co.  manufactory.  New  York ;  and 
the  Grant  Locomotive  Works,  Paterson,  N.  J.  While 
with  the  latter  concern  went  to  Russia  with  locomotives, 
spending  a  year  in  that  country.  Is  now  with  the  North- 
ern Pacific  Railroad  Company,  New  York,  residing  as 
above. 

Mr.  Ames  married,  in  1861,  Sarah  L.  Hyde,  and  by  this 
marriage  he  has  seven  children.     (1880.) 


Lewis  Melvin  Johnson,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  [Chase]  Johnson,  was  born  at  Haver- 
hill, Mass.,  his  parents*  home,  November*  19th,  1837. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  High  School  in  his 
native  place,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall 
of  1857,  ^nd  was  graduated  in  1861.  He  then  entered  im- 
mediately upon  his  chosen  work  of  teaching,  as  an  in- 
structor in  Maplewood  Institute,  Pittsfield.  Since  that 
time  has  had  charge  of  the  Preparatory  School  of  Lake 
Forest  College,  near  Chicago  ;  of  the  Newark  (N.  J.) 
High  School ;  and  for  six  years  of  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Trenton,  N.  J.  Four  years  since  he  purchased  his 
present  school  in  Philadelphia  from  the  late  Prof.  C.  D. 
Cleveland. 

Mr.  Johnson  married,  in  1874,  Anne  Morris,  of  Phila- 
delphia, a  direct  descendant  of  Robert  Morris.     (1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  i860.  Commencement,  1861.  A.M.  in 
course. 


Matthias  Nicoll,  of  New  York  City,  third  son  of 
Samuel  B.  and  Sarah  B.  [Payne]  Nicoll, — the  latter  of 
Flushing,  L.  I.,  before  marriage, — was  born  on  Shelter 
Island,  Suffolk  County,  N.  Y.,  October  5th,  1841. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Alexander  Hyde,  at  Lee, 


1 85  7']  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  217 

entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1857,  ^"d  was  gradu- 
ated in  1 86 1.  In  October,  1862,  he  entered  the  office  of 
the  Atlantic  Mutual  Insurance  Company  in  New  York, 
where  he  has  remained  from  that  time  to  the  present. 

Mr.  Nicoll  married,  on  the  5th  of  March,  1867,  Alice 
M.,  daughter  of  Alfred  Large,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  two  daughters. 
Mrs.  Nicoll  died  in  January,  1873.     (1880.) 

Class  Marshal,  1861.     A.M.  in  course. 


William  Myers  Hoes,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Peter  S.  and  Henrietta  [Myers]  Hoes,  was  born  at  Kin- 
derhook,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  June  19th,  1840.  His 
grandfather's  sister,  Hannah  Hoes,  was  the  wife  of  Presi- 
dent Van  Buren. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Kinderhook  Academy,  en- 
tered Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  autumn  of  1857,  ^"^ 
was  graduated  in  1861.  He  then  read  law  in  the  office  of 
Hon.  W.  H.  Tobey  at  Kinderhook,  and  in  1863  and  '64 
was  a  member  of  the  Law  School  of  Columbia  College, 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  In  May  of 
the  latter  year  was  admitted  to  practice,  and  in  1866  be- 
came a  member  of  the  firm  of  Spencer,  Hoes  &  Metcalf, 
consisting  of  Hon.  J.  C.  Spencer  and  J.  B.  Metcalf,  K.A., 
besides  himself.  In  1868,  after  the  dissolution  of  this  firm, 
he  entered  that  of  Rapallo  &  Spencer,  which  included 
Hon.  C.  A.  Rapallo,  now  judge  of  the  Court  of  Appeals, 
Judge  Spencer,  and  others.  Since  1871  he  has  practised 
without  a  partner. 

Mr.  Hoes  is  Senior  Warden  of  Kane  Lodge  No.  454, 
P. A.M.,  New  York  City.  He  married,  June  24th,  1875, 
Annie,  daughter  of  the  late  Solomon  T.  Nicoll,  of  Bay- 
side,  L.  I.,  and  niece  of  M.  Nicoll,  K.A.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  291  Broadway. 

Junior  Ex.,  i860.  Moonlight  Ex.,  i860.  Commence- 
ment, 1 86 1.     A.M.  in  course. 


2i8  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1858. 


1858. 

Augustus  Cleveland  Brown,  of  New  York  City, 
son  of  Rev.  Silas  C.  and  Mary  [Cleveland]  Brown,  was 
born  at  York,  Livingston  County,  N.  Y.,  October  23d,  1830. 
His  home  while  in  college  was  West  Bloomfield,  N.  Y. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Geneseo  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1857,  and  was  graduated  in 
1861.  In  the  spring  of  1863  entered  the  army,  in  which 
he  served  until  the  winter  of  1863-64  as  Captain  of  Bat- 
tery H,  Fourth  New  York  Artillery,  attached  at  first  to 
the  Fifth  and  afterwards  to  the  Second  Corps,  Army  of 
the  Potomac.  Was  with  General  Grant  from  Culpepper 
to  Petersburg,  during  the  campaign  of  1864,  but  was  com- 
pelled by  a  couple  of  sunstrokes  to  resign  just  before  the 
close  of  the  war. 

Mr.  Brown  is  settled  in  New  York  as  a  member  of  the 
leading  firm  of  Beach  &  Brown,  lawyers,  his  senior  part- 
ner being  William  A.  Beach,  Esq.,  formerly  of  Troy.  Is 
unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  120  Broadway. 

Junior  Ex.,  i860.  Prest.  Philotechnian.  Poet,  Class- 
day,  1 86 1.     Commencement,  1861. 


Rev.  Gavin  Langmuir,  of  Florence,  Italy,  fourth  of 
six  sons  of  Alexander  Langmuir,  was  born  in  Scotland, 
November  ist,  1840.  While  an  infant  he  was  brought  to 
this  country  by  his  parents,  intelligent  and  religious  peo- 
ple, who  settled  in  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  where  his  father  be- 
came a  leading  and  successful  man  of  business. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Geneseo  (N.  Y.)  Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  fall  of  1857,  and  was  graduated  in  1861  with 
the  Valedictory  Oration.  He  was  a  superior  general 
scholar,  quick  in  the  acquisition  of  knowledge,  and  pos- 
sessed of  ample  resources  of  his  own.     He  was  also  popu- 


1858.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  219 

lar  with  his  classmates,  as  the  numerous  appointments 
conferred  upon  him  by  them  attest. 

After  graduation  he  spent  a  year  in  assisting  his  father, 
and  then  entered  Princeton  Seminary.  While  there  he 
received  a  call  from  the  ancient  and  historic  First  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Morristown,  N.  J.,  which  was  originally 
established  by  King  George  II.  in  1756,  and  has  counted 
among  its  pastors  many  of  distinguished  name,  including 
the  late  Rev.  Albert  Barnes.  Over  this  church  Mr.  Lang- 
muir  was  settled  after  graduation,  on  the  17th  July,  1866, 
and  with  it  he  remained  until  dismissed  in  consequence  of 
a  partial  failure  of  health,  September  9th,  1868.  He  was 
succeeded  by  Rev.  John  A.  French,  also  of  our  Society. 

Upon  his  retirement  from  this  field,  Mr.  Langmuir 
thought  it  best  to  go  abroad,  where  he  has  remained  un- 
til the  present  time,  in  charge  of  the  American  chapels 
successively  at  Paris,  Rome,  and  in  Florence,  where  he 
now  resides.  He  has  been  found  by  our  countrymen  trav- 
elling abroad  a  most  acceptable  incumbent  of  these  some- 
what exceptional  posts ;  and  a  classmate,  also  residing  in 
Florence,  reports  that  he  is  the  popular  preacher  of  that 
city. 

Recently  he  received  a  call  from  the  Second  Presby- 
terian Church  in  Philadelphia,  but  thought  best  to  decline 
it,  although  permitted  by  restored  health  to  anticipate  a 
return  to  the  United  States  at  an  early  day. 

Mr.  Langmuir  married  in  Paris,  September  3d,  1867,. 
Laura  J.  Baker,  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J„  and  has  had  by  this 
marriage  one  child,  now  deceased.     (1880.) 

Address,  Care  Eyre  &  Huntington,  Bankers. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1858.  Junior  Ex.,  i860.  Prest.  Adel- 
phic  Union.  Editor  University  Quarterly  (published  by 
several  colleges  in  conjunction).  Chosen  Valedictorian, 
Adelphic  Union,  but  resigned  after  receiving  Commence- 
ment appointment.  First  Class-day  President,  1861. 
Valedictory,  Commencement,  1861  ;  subject,  **  Truth  for 
its  own  Sake." 


2  20  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1858. 

WiNTHROP  Sargent  Gilman,  Jr.,  of  New  York  City, 
son  of  Winthrop  S.  and  Abia  S.  [Lippincott]  Gilman,  and 
brother  of  Theodore  and  Benjamin  I.  Gilman  (see  Index), 
was  born  at  Upper  Alton,  111.,  September  28th,  1839. 

He  passed  his  boyhood  mostly  at  the  school  of  Alex- 
ander Hyde,  K.A.,  at  Lee,  although  receiving  tuition  also 
at  the  schools  of  W.  H.  Leggett  and  Professor  Charlier, 
in  New  York.  Entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1856; 
during  his  college  connection  accompanied  the  Florida 
Expedition  to  Fernandina,  Key  West,  and  the  Tortugas ; 
left  college  in  1859  ^^d  travelled  in  Europe.  Upon  his 
return  in  i860  he  became  engaged  in  the  business  of  bank- 
ing. In  1 86 1  was  married,  and  in  1865  fixed  his  place  of 
residence  at  Palisades,  Rockland  County.  He  has  three 
children.     (1880.) 


Theodore  Gilman,  of  New  York  City,  brother  of 
the  preceding  and  of  Benjamin  I.  Gilman,  was  born  at 
Alton,  111.,  January  2d,  1841. 

Was  fitted  for  college  by  Professor  Lincoln  at  Wil- 
liamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1858,  and 
was  graduated  in  1862,  having  been  absent  during  the 
winter  terms  of  Freshman  and  Sophomore  years.  Since 
graduation  has  been  engaged  in  the  business  of  banking  in 
New  York. 

During  recent  years  Mr.  Gilman  has  served  our  Soci- 
ety very  efficiently  in  connection  with  the  erection  and 
fitting  up  of  its  new  house,  to  which  and  its  appointments 
he  has  given  special  care  and  the  benefit  of  his  taste  and 
proficiency  in  matters  of  art. 

He  married,  October  22d,  1863,  Elizabeth  D.  Paxson, 
and  by  this  marriage  has  had  nine  children,  of  whom  three 
sons  and  two  daughters  are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Address,  W.  S.  Gilman  &  Sons,  No.  62  Cedar  Street. 

Vice-Prest.  Williams  Art  Association.  Commence- 
ment, 1862.     A.M.  in  course. 


1858.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  221 

Rev.  John  Abbott  French,  of  Flushing,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  J.  L.  A.  and  Mary  [Everdean]  French,  was  born  at 
Boscawen,  N.  H.,  March  28th,  1840.  Fitted  for  col- 
lege at  the  Nashua  (N.  H.)  High  School,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  1858,  and  was  graduated  in 
1862  with  the  Historical  Oration.  He  then  took  his 
course  in  theology  at  Union  Seminary,  and  in  1868  en- 
tered upon  the  charge  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Morristown,  N.  J.,  in  which  he  succeeded  Rev.  Gavin 
Langmuir  (see  p.  218).  In  1877  became  pastor  of  the 
Fourth  Presbyterian  Church,  Chicago,  in  which  field 
he  remained  until  January  of  the  present  year,  when  he 
was  compelled  by  illness  resultmg  from  overwork  to  re- 
tire from  it  and  from  all  pastoral  labor  for  the  present. 
In  each  of  these  churches  Mr.  French's  term  of  ser- 
vice was  marked  by  decided  success,  bringing  strength 
and  growth  to  both,  but  especially  the  Chicago  church,, 
which  he  found  in  a  greatly  enfeebled  condition,  and  left 
in  such  a  state  of  prosperity  as  enabled  it  to  secure  for  his 
successor  Rev.  Dr.  Herrick  Johnson,  previously  Professor 
at  Auburn.  During  this  pastorate  Mr.  French  was  a  Trus- 
tee of  the  Chicago  Theological  Seminary. 

In  1870  he  married  Emily  W.  Leavitt.  Has  no  chil- 
dren now  living.     (June,  1880.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1861.  Poet,  Class-day,  1862.  Historical^ 
Commencement,  1862.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.  A.M.  in 
course. 


James  Betts  Metcalf,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
James  W.  and  Maria  C.  [Betts]  Metcalf,  was  born  in  New 
York,  May  13th,  1843.  O^i  the  maternal  side  he  is  nephew 
of  C.  D.  and  G.  F.  Betts,  Esqs.  (pp.  79,  105),  and  nearly 
related  also  to  the  Deweys  of  our  Society. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Easthampton,  Mass.,  by 
Professor  Wright  as  private  tutor,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  the  autumn  of  1858,  and  was  graduated  in 
1862.     Immediately  afterward  began  the  study  of  law  in 


2  22  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1858. 

the  office  of  Judge  Francis  Wayland,  of  New  Haven,  and 
took  the  course  in  Yale  Law  School,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  July,  1864.  Was  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Connecticut  May  i  ith  of  the  same  year,  and 
to  that  of  New  York  the  17th  of  November  following,  and 
thereupon  began  practice  in  New  York  City,  at  first  alone, 
afterwards  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Spencer,  Hoes  & 
Metcalf,  and  subsequently  as  one  of  that  of  Rapallo  & 
Spencer  (see  p.  217). 

Finally,  upon  the  elevation  of  both  his  seniors  in 
the  latter  partnership  to  the  bench,  he  again  practised 
alone,  and  so  continued  until  January  ist,  1873,  when  he 
left  the  profession  and  became  engaged  in  the  business  of 
banking  and  stock-brokerage  with  a  former  classmate  in 
the  law-school,  under  the  firm-name  of  Bray  ton,  Ives  &  Co., 
his  present  connection. 

Mr.  Metcalf  married,  March  31st,  1869,  Anne  T., 
daughter  of  F.  H.  Cutting,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  and  has 
by  this  marriage  a  daughter  and  a  son.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  4  Broad  Street. 

A.M.  in  course. 


George  W.  Bacon,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  a  native  of 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  and  a  member  of  the  class  of  1862;  left 
college  without  graduating.  Captain  New  York  Volun- 
teers (Williams  Roll  of  Honor,  1862).  After  the  war 
went  West,  and  was  engaged  in  business.  Married, 
and  soon  after  went  to  Europe,  where  he  travelled  for 
some  time.  About  two  years  since,  towards  the  end  of 
his  absence,  he  met  with  an  adventure  of  interest,  which 
was  noticed  at  the  time  in  American  newspapers.  While 
travelling  with  Mrs.  Bacon  upon  a  railroad  in  North- 
ern Italy,  being  attacked  for  purposes  of  plunder  by  a 
couple  of  ruffians  occupying  the  same  compartment,  he 
succeeded,  by  means  of  a  severe  and  protracted  struggle, 
in  which  he  was  aided  by  his  wife,  in  keeping  them  at  bay 


1858.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  223 

until  the  approach  of  the  train  to  a  stopping-place,  when 
they  withdrew.  They  were  subsequently  apprehended  and 
condemned  to  a  long  term  of  confinement.     (1881.) 


Rev.  George  Lansing  Raymond,  of  Williamstown, 
Mass.,  son  of  B.  W.  and  Amelia  [Porter]  Raymond,  was 
born  at  Chicago,  111.,  September  3d,  1839. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  partly  at  the  Springside 
Boarding  School,  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  and  partly  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1858,  and  was  graduated  in  1862.  In  the  fall  of  the  same 
year  entered  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  and  remained 
a  year ;  then  completed  his  course  at  Princeton,  gradu- 
ating in  1865.  Next  spent  three  years  in  Europe,  and 
upon  his  return  became,  in  June,  1869,  pastor  of  the 
Darby  Borough  Presbyterian  church,  near  Philadelphia. 
In  April,  1874,  was  appointed  Provisional  Professor  of 
Rhetoric  in  Williams,  which  position  he  held  for  a  year, 
and  in  1875  Professor  of  Oratory  in  the  same  college. 
This  appointment  he  now  fills  with  marked  success. 

In  1875  Professor  Raymond  again  visited  Europe,  re- 
maining about  a  year.  During  a  part  of  the  academic 
year  1879-80  he  discharged,  in  addition  to  his  duties  at 
Williams,  those  of  Professor  of  Oratory  at  Princeton. 
In  1870  published  his  first  volume,  "  Hay  dee  and  Other 
Poems;"  in  1876  followed  this  with  '*  Colony  Ballads," 
■''seven  spirited  songs  of  the  Revolution  of  1776,  written  in 
pure  stout  English,  with  a  good  dash  of  Saxon  in  it  and 
much  brave  common-sense;"  in  1877  with  "Ideal  and 
Real;"  and  in  1879  with  the  "Orator's  Manual,"  designed 
as  a  college  text-book,  and  highly  commended  for  this 
purpose  by  competent  judges. 

Professor  Raymond  married,  in  1872,  Mary  E.  Blake, 
of  Philadelphia,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  daugh- 
ter.    (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1859.  College  prize  for  best  college 
song,  1859.     College  prize  from  Williams  Quarterly ^  1861. 


2  24  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1858. 

Editor  Williams  Quarterly,  1861.  Junior  Ex.,  1861. 
Prest.  Adelphic  Un.,  1861.  Commencement,  1862.  A.M. 
in  course. 


Rev.  Edward  Herrick  Griffin,  d.d.,  of  Williams- 
town,  oldest  son  of  Professor  Nathaniel  H.  and  Hannah 
E.  [Bulkley]  Griffin,  brother  of  Rev.  H.  L.  and  of  S.  B. 
Griffin,  and  related  to  S.  T.  Bulkley  and  A.  Pleasants 
(see  Index),  was  born  at  Williamstown,  November  i8th, 

1843. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  father,  entered  Wil- 
liams in  1858,  and  was  graduated  in  1862  with  the  Meta- 
physical Oration.  He  then  studied  theology  at  Princeton 
and  Union  Seminaries,  and  was  graduated  from  the  latter 
in  1867. 

During  the  year  1864-65  he  was  Tutor  in  Mathematics 
and  Greek  in  Williams  College.  In  1867  was  settled  over 
the  First  Congregational  Church  in  Burlington,  Vt.,  with 
which  he  remained  until  his  appointment  in  1872  to  the 
Massachusetts  Professorship  of  the  Latin  Language  and 
Literature  in  the  college.  From  this  chair,  which  he  has 
since  occupied, — declining  a  tender  of  that  of  Intellectual 
and  Moral  Philosophy  in  the  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York  in  1878, — he  has  been  transferred  during  the  present 
month  to  that  of  Rhetoric. 

At  its  last  Commencement  Professor  Griffin  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.  from  Amherst. 

On  the  22d  of  May,  1872,  he  married  Rebekah,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Dr.  Wheeler,  of  Burlington,  formerly  Presi- 
dent of  Vermont  University,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has 
two  sons.     (Feb.,  1881.) 

Junior  Ex.,  1 861.  Prest.  Philologian,  186 1.  Metaphysi- 
cal, Commencement,  1862.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.  A.M. 
in  course.     D.D.,  Amherst,  1880. 


1 859-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  225 


1859. 

William  Dixon  Spalding,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Asa  L.  and  Mary  [Dixon]  Spalding,  nephew  of  Hon. 
James  Dixon,  and  older  brother  of  Rev.  James  F.  Spald- 
ing (see  following  sketch),  was  born  at  East  Haddam, 
Conn.,  October  7th,  1836. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary,  en- 
tered Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1855,  was  ab- 
sent by  reason  of  ill  health  for  several  months  of  Sopho- 
more year,  and  left  altogether  for  a  time,  but  re-entered, 
as  Junior,  in  the  class  of  i860,  with  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated. In  1865  went  to  Washington,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed for  several  years  in  the  civil  service  (office  of  the 
U.  S.  Senate),  as  a  financial  and  subsequently  as  a  legisla- 
tive clerk. 

In  1867  Mr.  Spalding  was  for  some  months  in  London, 
as  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Tribune^  returning 
towards  the  close  of  the  year.  He  was  again  in  Europe 
in  1868,  and  spent  considerable  time  in  Continental  travel. 
Since  then  he  has  resided  for  the  most  part  in  London, 
engaged  in  correspondence  with  the  New  York  Herald 
and  other  newspapers,  as  well  as  in  various  literary  enter- 
prises in  that  city,  including  the  editing,  for  a  time,  of  the 
Practical  Magazine. 

During  the  present  year  he  has  returned  to  New  York, 
expecting  to  remain.     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  Care  Weed  &  Kennedy,  No.  6  Pine  Street. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1856.     Commencement,  i860. 


Rev.  James  Field  Spalding,  of  Cambridge,  Mass., 
brother  of  the  preceding,  was  born  at  Enfield,  Conn.,  De- 
cember 5th,  1839.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Semi- 
nary, and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1857.  After 
completing  his  first  year  he  was  absent  for  a  similar  length 
15 


2  26  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1859. 

of  time,  in  consequence  of  ill  health.  He  then  re-entered, 
as  Sophomore  (September,  1859),  but  was  again  compelled 
by  the  same  cause  to  be  absent  for  a  considerable  time,  so 
as  to  become  ineligible  for  a  Junior  appointment,  but  kept 
up  with  his  class,  and  was  graduated  in  1862  with  the  Clas- 
sical Oration. 

During  1863-64  he  was  Tutor  in  Greek  in  the  college, 
and  from  1865  to  1870  Associate  Master  of  Round  Hill 
School  in  Northampton.  In  1869  he  entered  the  ministry 
of  the  Episcopal  Church  and  became  rector  of  St.  John's, 
Northampton;  in  1870,  rector  of  St.  John's,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.; 
in  1872,  of  Trinity,  Portland,  Conn.;  and  in  1879,  of  the 
ancient  parish  of  Christ  Church,  Cambridge,  his  present 
charge. 

Mr.  Spalding  has  published  occasional  articles  in  re- 
views and  other  periodicals.  A  recent  pamphlet  of  his  on 
*'  The  Ordinance  of  Confirmation"  has  reached  its  third 
edition.  In  1880  he  was  made  Chairman  of  the  Williams 
Alumni's  Committee  on  Examinations. 

On  the  28th  of  April,  1864,  he  married  Mary  A.  Har- 
per, of  Enfield,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  three  sons. 
(1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1858.  Classical,  Commencement,  1862. 
Editor  Williams  Quarterly,  1862.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864. 
A.M.  in  course. 


Treadwell  Cleveland,  of  New  York  City,  brother  of 
Prof.  S.  M.  Cleveland  (p.  202),  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  April  i6th,  1843. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Dummer  Academy, 
Byfield,  Mass.,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1859.  Intending  to  continue  his  studies  at  the  University 
of  Berlin,  he  left  Williams  in  1861,  but  having  given  up 
this  plan,  entered  the  Senior  class  at  Rutgers,  and  was 
graduated  there  in  1862.  The  same  year  began  his  pro- 
fessional course  in  the  Law  School  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  and  in  1864  was  admitted  to  the  bar.     The 


1 859-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  227 

year  following  he  removed  to  New  York,  where  he  has 
since  remained  in  practice. 

Mr.  Cleveland  married,  May  15th,  1866,  Evelyn  S., 
daughter  of  Commodore  James  L.  Mcintosh,  and  by  this 
marriage  he  has  two  sons.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  i860. 


I860. 

JosiAH  Gramme  Bellows,  of  Walpole,  N.  H.,  son  of 
Josiah  Bellows,  3d,  and  Mary  A.  [Grahme]  Bellows,  was 
born  at  Walpole,  his  parents'  home,  July  21st,  1841. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  public  schools  at 
Walpole  and  at  Newton  Centre,  Mass.,  entered  Williams, 
■second  term  Freshman,  class  of  1863,  in  the  early  part  of 
i860,  and  remained  until  the  end  of  first  term  Sophomore. 
Studied  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  F.  Vose,  in  Walpole, 
from  November,  1863,  to  March,  1864.  In  the  latter  year 
entered  Harvard  Law  School,  and  was  graduated  thence 
with  LL.B.,  July,  1865.  Continued  his  studies  in  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  and  the  following  December  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  June  26th,  1866,  married  Annie  E.,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Alphonso  Morrill,  of  Concord.  Mrs.  Bellows  died  at 
Cambridge,  Mass.,  April  1867,  leaving  an  infant  daughter 
who  survived  her  mother  but  a  month. 

Returning  to  Walpole,  he  practised  there  from  Feb- 
ruary to  December  in  1866;  in  January,  1867,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  of  Massachusetts  in  Boston,  where  he 
remained  until  April,  when  he  again  returned  to  Walpole 
and  there  practised  until  April,  1868.  He  then  became 
chief  clerk  in  the  U.  S.  Pension  Agency  in  Boston,  served 
as  such  until  September,  1869,  and  was  then  once  more 
engaged  in  practice  until  May,  1871,  after  which  he  trav- 
elled abroad  for  some  months,  and  on  his  return  resumed 
practice  in  Walpole,  where  he  has  since  remained. 

Mr.  Bellows  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Probate 
Court  for  the  County  of  Cheshire  in  August.  1876,  and  he 


2  28  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i860. 

still  holds  that  position.  Has  also  filled  various  offices  in 
connection  with  local  banks  and  insurance  companies. 
He  married,  November  21st,  1877,  his  second  wife,  Katha- 
rine H.  W.,  daughter  of  A.  P.  Howland,  Esq.,  of  Walpole, 
and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  daughter.     (1879.) 


*  Charles  Whiting  Reynolds,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Hon.  John  H.  and  Margaret  A.  [Whiting]  Reynolds, — 
the  latter  originally  of  Kinderhook,  N,  Y., — was  born  at 
Kinderhook,  February  21st,  1844.  His  father  was  a  very 
eminent  lawyer,  ranking  with  the  first  in  his  State,  and 
was  for  some  time  a  Judge  of  the  Commission  of  Appeals. 
Both  parents  were  of  New  England  families. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Kinderhook  Academy  and 
at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
i860,  but  left  the  following  year  and  entered  the  U.  S. 
Naval  School,  then  at  Newport,  R.  I.,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years.  He  then  returned  to  Williams  and 
completed  a  partial  course  with  his  class  in  1864.  After 
leaving  college  studied  law  in  the  office  of  his  father,  with 
whom  and  Hon.  Hamilton  Harris,  of  our  Society  at 
Union,  he  became  partner  after  admission  to  practice  in 
1866.  In  the  discharge  of  the  duties  arising  from  this 
connection  he  continued  until  his  decease  in  Albany, 
September  13th,  1875. 

He  was  a  young  man  of  strong  natural  abilities,  which 
gave  great  promise  to  his  brief  career.  His  character  was 
full  of  integrity,  elevated  principle,  and  magnanimous  sen- 
timent ;  his  disposition  genial  and  large-hearted  ;  and  his 
nature  charged  with  a  personal  magnetism  which  at- 
tracted to  him  hosts  of  friends.     He  was  unmarried. 

Adelphic  Union  Ex.,  1874. 


John  Arnold  Tibbits,  of  New  London,  Conn.,  son  of 
John  W.  and  Fanny  [Chappell]  Tibbits,  was  born  at  New 
London,  his  parents'  home,  February  19th,  1844. 


i86o.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  229 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary, 
graduating  thence  with  the  Salutatory,  and  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  i860,  but  left  before  the 
close  of  the  year.  He  then  studied  law  in  New  London 
and  entered  upon  practice  there.  In  July,  1862,  enlisted 
as  a  private  in  the  Fourteenth  Connecticut  Volunteers, 
and  was  made  orderly  sergeant  before  the  troops  left  the 
State.  At  the  battle  of  Antietam  was  wounded  in  the 
left  hand  and  right  arm,  the  former  of  which  was  thus 
rendered  useless  for  most  purposes.  In  December,  1862, 
was  promoted  Second  Lieutenant.  Was  at  Chancellors- 
ville  and  Gettysburg,  and  in  the  latter  battle  was  again 
wounded  in  the  right  arm.  He  then  resigned  on  account 
of  physical  disability,  the  wound  in  his  left  hand  never 
having  closed  up. 

Mr.  Tibbits  has  been  Judge  of  the  City  Court  of  New 
London,  Clerk  of  Common  Pleas,  Representative  of  the 
General  Assembly  of  his  State  (in  1872),  and  Chairman  of 
the  Military  Committee,  on  the  part  of  the  House.  Was 
Judge  Advocate  of  the  Third  Regimental  District  from 
1872  to  'j%,  Government  Director  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad,  for  four  years,  under  General  Grant's  second 
administration,  delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Con- 
vention of  1876,  and  has  been,  since  May,  1877,  Collector 
of  Customs  for  the  port  of  New  London.  He  has  also 
been  editor  and  part  proprietor  of  the  New  London  Even- 
ing Telegraph,  since  its  establishment  in  1873. 

Mr.  Tibbits  married,  February  i8th,  1869,  Lydia  Dennis, 
of  New  London,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  a  son.  (1880.) 

Williams  Roll  of  Honor,  1864. 


Rev.  Eben  Halley,  of  Binghamton,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Rev. 

Dr.  E.  and  Eliza  Halley, — natives  of  Scotland  and  now 
residents  of  Albany — was  born  at  Salem,  Washington 
County,  N.  Y.,  January  7th,  1845.  His  father,  a  well- 
known  Presbyterian  minister,  was  settled  for  many  years 
in  Troy,  and  subsequently  in  Albany. 


230  Biographical  Record  of  the  [i860. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  in 
Albany  Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  Sep- 
tember, i860,  served  one  of  the  years  included  in  his 
course  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-seventh  N.  Y. 
Volunteers,  and  was  graduated  in  1864.  He  subsequently 
entered  Princeton  Theological  Seminary,  spent  two  years 
there,  was  ordained  to  the  ministry  by  a  council  of  the 
Congregational  Church  at  Cincinnati,  January  13th,  1870, 
and  was  pastor  of  the  Seventh  Street  Congregational 
Church  in  that  city  from  his  ordination  to  April,  1878, 
when  he  resigned.  The  following  month  was  installed 
over  the  First  Congregational  Church  of  Binghamton, 
his  present  charge. 

Mr.  Halley  married,  May  14th,  1878,  Henrietta  C. 
Burt,  of  Cincinnati.     (1880.) 

WiUiams  Roll  of  Honor,  of  1863. 


Rev.  Timothy  Grenville  Darling,  d.d.,  of  Schenec- 
tady, N.  Y.,  brother  of  Edwin  H.  and  Samuel  W.  Dar- 
ling (see  Index),  was  born  at  Nassau,  New  Providence 
(Bahama  Islands),  October  5th,  1842.  Was  fitted  for  col- 
lege by  Rev.  B.  W.  D wight  at  Brooklyn  and  Clinton, 
N.  Y.,  and  in  Williston  Seminary  ;  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  September,  i860,  and  was  graduated  in  1864 
with  the  Ethical  Oration.  He  studied  theology  two  years 
at  Princeton  Seminary  and  one  year  at  Union,  and  after  a 
year  and  a  half  of  rest  became  assistant  to  Rev.  Dr.  J.  C. 
Backus  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  Baltimore. 
June  1 8th,  1873,  was  ordained,  and  installed  pastor  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  Schenectady,  his  present 
charge.  For  the  last  three  years  has  also  been  Acting 
Professor  of  Mental  Philosophy  in  Union  College. 

In  1879  ^^  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  from  his  alma 
mater.     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1862.  Editor  Williams  Quarterly,  1863. 
Class  Orator,  Biennial,  1864.     Prest.  Lyceum  Nat.  Hist., 


i86o.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  231 

1864.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.     Ethical,  Commencement, 
1864.     D.D.,  1879. 


1861. 

Rev.  Henry  Matthias  Booth,  d.d.,  of  Englewood, 
N.  J.,  brother  of  Rev.  Dr.  R.  R.  Booth  (p.  146),  was  born 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  October  3d,  1843. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  school  of  Forrest  and 
Quackenbos,  New  York,  entered  Williams  in  the  class  of 
1864,  during  Freshman  year,  and  was  graduated  in  1864 
with  an  Honorary  Oration.  Entered  Union  Seminary 
the  same  year,  and  was  graduated  thence  in  1869  with  an 
oration.  Ordained  pastor  of  the  Englewood  Presbyterian 
church  September  19th,  1867,  his  only  charge  to  the 
present  time.  He  received  the  degree  of  D.D.  in  1879 
from  his  alma  mater. 

Dr.  Booth  married,  November  19th,  1867,  Isabella  B., 
daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  Newell,  of  New  York.  Mrs.  Booth 
deceased  in  about  three  weeks  from  that  time.  His 
second  marriage  took  place  January  12th,  1870,  with 
Anna,  daughter  of  Fisher  Howe,  Esq.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
By  this  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  two  daughters.    (1880.) 

Honorary  Oration,  Commencement,  1864.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  1864.     A.M.  in  course.     D.D.,  1879. 


*  Hamilton  Rogers  Halsey,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Thomas  Rogers  and  adopted  son  of  John  Halsey,  both 
of  Brooklyn,  was  born  in  that  city,  September  i6th,  1843. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Rev.  B.  W. 
Dwight  in  Brooklyn,  entered  Williams  as  a  member  of 
the  class  of  1864,  and  remained  about  two  years,  when  he 
was  compelled  by  ill  health  to  leave.  He  never  engaged 
in  business,  but  married,  on  the  24th  of  October,  1864, 
Josephine  H.  Newell,  also  of  Brooklyn,  went  abroad  for 
his  health,  and,  after  travelling  extensively,  died  of  con- 


232  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1861. 

sumption  of  the  stomach  at  Nice,  France,  March  loth, 
1866,  leaving  no  children. 

He  was  a  whole-hearted,  genial,  companionable  gentle- 
man, to  whom  his  associates  were  warmly  attached. 


Frederic  Barnard  Hawley,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Henry  Q.  and  Frances  J.  [Barnard]  Hawley,  was  born 
at  Albany,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  place  of  residence,  February 
5th,  1844. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  Albany  Academy,  entered 
Harvard  in  i860,  as  Freshman,  after  a  year  there  left  and 
entered  Williams  ad  eutidem,  and  was  graduated  thence  in 
1864. 

He  then  studied  law  in  Albany  with  Hon.  J.  H.  Rey- 
nolds, for  a  year,  after  which  he  went  into  the  lumber 
business  in  that  city.  In  the  spring  of  1876  removed  to 
New  York,  and  became  engaged  in  cotton  buying  and 
brokerage,  his  present  business. 

Mr.  Hawley  married,  in  1871,  Frances  W.  Jenkins,  of 
Saratoga  Springs,  and  has  by  this  marriage  two  daugh- 
ters.    (1880.) 

x\delphic  Un.  Ex.,  1863. 


Rev.  RuFUS  Wheelwright  Clark,  Jr.,  of  Detroit, 
Mich.,  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  R.  W.  and  Eliza  [Walton]  Clark, 
now  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  brother  of  Rev.  W.  W.  Clark,  and 
nephew  of  Rev.  J.  E.  Walton  (pp.  240,  179),  was  born  at 
Portsmouth,  N.  H.,  then  his  parents'  place  of  residence. 
May  29th,  1844.  His  father,  a  well-known  minister  of  the 
Congregational  and  Reformed  Churches,  and  brother  of 
Bishop  Clark  of  Rhode  Island,  is  a  descendant  of  Thomas 
Clark,  mate  of  the  Mayflower,  and  has  four  sons,  as  his 
own  father  had,  in  the  ministry. 

The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  fitted  for  college  at  the 
school  of  Clark  and  Brownell,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  (where 
his  father  was  then  settled),  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 


1 86 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  233 

man,  in  1861,  took  his  Sophomore  year  at  the  University 
of  New  York,  where  he  became  a  member  of  the  Psi 
Upsilon  Society,  returned  at  its  close  to  Williams  and 
there  completed  his  course,  graduating  in  1865. 

After  teaching  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  during  the  winter 
following  graduation,  he  entered  the  Episcopal  Divinity 
School  at  Philadelphia,  where  he  took  one  term  of  the 
first  and  the  whole  of  the  second  year.  He  completed 
his  course  at  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New 
York,  acting  at  the  same  time  as  assistant  in  Calvary 
Church  in  that  city,  a  position  for  which  he  was  eligible 
by  virtue  of  ordination  received  from  his  uncle  at  the  end 
of  his  second  year.  In  October,  1868,  became  rector  of 
St.  John's,  Portsmouth,  where  he  remained  until  1871, 
when  he  took  charge  of  Trinity,  Columbus,  O.  During 
his  settlement  there  he  married,  in  1874,  Lucy,  daughter 
of  ex-Governor  and  ex-Postmaster-General  Dennison,  of 
that  city,  by  which  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  two  daugh- 
ters. In  1877  became  rector  of  St.  Paul's,  Detroit,  his 
present  charge,  the  most  important  of  its  denomination  in 
the  State. 

Rev.  Mr.  Clark  was  a  Trustee  of  Kenyon  College  from 
1873  to  ''jd.  Is  a  member  of  the  Standing  Committee  of 
the  diocese,  and  of  the  Church  Missionary  Board  ;  and 
has  served  as  delegate  to  General  Convention.     (1880.) 

Prest.  Adelphic  Un.,  1865. 


James  Verree  Ingham,  m.d.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  son 
of  John  Howard  and  Anne  [Verree]  Ingham,  and  grand- 
son of  Hon.  S.  D.  Ingham,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  un- 
der President  Jackson,  also  cousin  of  George  and  Arthur 
Hale  (see  Index),  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  July  5th, 
1843.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Classical  and  Com- 
mercial High  School,  Lawrenceville,  N.  J.,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1861,  but  was  compelled 
by  ill  health  to  leave  about  the  middle  of  Sophomore 
year.     Began   the   study  of   medicine  later  in  the  same 


234  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1861. 

year  (1863),  and  was  graduated  from  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  March,  1866. 
Spent  fourteen  months  as  Resident  Physician  in  the  hos- 
pital of  the  Episcopal  Church  in  Philadelphia,  after  which 
he  passed  nearly  two  years  in  the  hospitals  of  London  and 
Paris.  Returned  to  Philadelphia  in  1869,  and  has  since 
been  in  practice  there. 

Dr.  Ingham  is  Obstetrician  to  the  State  Hospital  for 
Women  and  Infants  ;  Fellow  of  the  Gynecological  So- 
ciety, of  the  College  of  Physicians,  and  of  the  Obstetrical 
Society,  of  Philadelphia  ;  and  editor  of  the  American  Sup- 
plement to  the  Obstetrical  Journal  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland.     He  is  unmarried.     (1880.) 


Romulus  Curtiss  Loveridge,  of  Mt.  Murphy,  Poca- 
hontas County,  West  Virginia,  son  of  Curtiss  and  Mary  E. 
[Clark]  Loveridge, — the  latter  originally  of  Washington,, 
Conn., — was  born  at  Northville,  Litchfield  County,  Conn.,. 
October  27th,  1838.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Literary 
Institute,  Suffield,  Conn.,  and  at  Williston  Seminary,  and 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  during  the  fall  term  of 
1 86 1.  At  the  close  of  spring  term,  1862,  he  left  college,, 
and  in  August  following  enlisted  in  Company  H,  Nine- 
teenth Connecticut  Volunteers.  Was  appointed  Sergeant, 
and  as  such  served  eleven  months  in  the  defences  about 
Washington.  Was  then  commissioned  First  Lieutenant, 
in  Third  U.  S.  Cavalry  troops,  and  was  mustered  out  as 
Captain  in  this  regiment,  October  31st,  1865.  Was  Acting 
Assistant  Adjutant-General  of  the  Post  and  District  Pro- 
vost-Marshal and  Commandant  at  Fort  Clinch.  Was 
connected  with  the  army  a  little  over  three  years,  and 
upon  the  reconstruction  of  Florida  was  appointed  Clerk  of 
Courts  for  Jefferson  County  for  four  years,  serving  also 
for  a  while  as  County  Superintendent  of  Schools. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  left  the  South  in  the  summer 
of  1873  with  impaired  health,  and  has  been  variously  oc- 
cupied since  that  time.  Has  spent  five  years  of  this 
period  in  religious  work,   one  of  them  as  a  student  in. 


1 86 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  235 

Hartford  Theological  Seminary.  Was  licensed  to  preachy 
and  spent  somewhat  more  than  a  year  in  Minnesota,  hold- 
ing a  commission  for  six  months  from  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society.  Health  again  failing,  he 
sought  rest  with  friends  at  his  present  residence. 

Mr.  Loveridge  married,  May  ist,  1865,  at  Fernandina,. 
Fla.,  Mary  E.  Burch,  of  Camillus,  N.  Y.,  who  deceased 
February  i6th,  1872.     (1880.) 


Smith  Thompson,  of  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Hon. 
Smith  Thompson,  a  Justice  of  the  U.  S.  Supreme  Court,, 
and  Eliza  [Livingston]  Thompson,  was  born  at  Pough- 
keepsie,  N.  Y.,  February  14th,  1843.  Entered  Union  Col- 
lege as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1864,  and  joined  our  So- 
ciety there  in  1861.     His  Senior  year  he  took  at  Williams. 

Is  engaged  in  business  in  Hudson,  as  agent  of  the  Lon- 
don Assurance  Corporation.  Married,  June  26th,  1877, 
Sarah  H.  Moon,  of  Hudson,  and  has  by  this  marriage  a 
daughter.     (1880.) 

George  Hale,  Jr.,  m.d.,  of  Frankford,  Pa.,  son  of  Rev. 
Dr.  George  Hale,  Secretary  of  the  Board  of  Relief  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  a  graduate  of  Williams,  and  Mrs. 
Eliza  [Ingham]  Hale,  daughter  of  Hon.  S.  D.  Ingham, 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  under  President  Jackson,  was 
born  at  Pennington,  N.  J.,  May  31st,  1844.  ^^  is  brother 
of  Arthur  Hale  and  cousin  of  Dr.  J.  V.  Ingham  (see 
Index).  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Lawrenceville  (N.  J.) 
Classical  and  Commercial  High  School,  entered  Williams,. 
as  Freshman,  September,  1861,  and  was  graduated  in  1865. 
He  then  taught  for  two  years  in  the  school  just  named,, 
and  in  October,  1867,  entered  the  Medical  Department  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  received 
the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1870.  After  a  brief  service  in  the 
Episcopal  Hospital  of  Philadelphia,  became  Resident 
Physician  in  the  Philadelphia  Hospital,  remaining  until 
April,  1872.  The  following  month  settled  for  practice  ia 
his  present  place  of  residence,  a  suburb  of  Philadelphia. 


236  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1861. 

Dr.  Hale  is  a  member  of  the  Pathological  and  Ob- 
stetrical societies  of  Philadelphia,  and  trustee,  as  well  as 
organist,  of  the  Frankford  Presbyterian  church.  Unmar- 
ried.    (1880.) 

Address,  No.  4524  Paul  Street. 

Editor  Wms.  Quarterly y  1864.  Commencement,  1865. 
A.M.  in  course. 


*  Emory  Washburn  West,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Charles  E.  West,  LL.D., — a  member  of  the  K.A.  Society 
in  Union  College  and  formerly  Principal  of  Rutgers  Fe- 
male Seminary  in  New  York  City, — and  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
G.  West,  was  born  in  New  York,  February  nth,  1844. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Buffalo  Academy,  under  his 
father,  and  with  Rev.  J.  E.  Woodbridge  at  Auburndale, 
Mass.;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1861,  and  was 
graduated  in  1865  with  an  Honorary  Oration.  He  soon 
after  entered  the  Law  School  of  Columbia  College,  and 
on  the  23d  of  January  following  (1866),  after  three  weeks' 
sickness  of  rheumatic  fever,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-one. 
He  was  buried  at  Pittsfield. 

This  deceased  brother  was  always  fond  of  study,  and 
at  twelve  years  of  age  made  regular  meteorological  ob- 
servations thrice  a  day  and  recorded  them.  At  fourteen 
he  was  an  excellent  French,  Latin,  and  Greek  scholar,  and 
was  at  all  times  a  student  in  the  best  sense.  His  social 
qualities  were  of  an  equally  high  grade.  He  possessed  a 
genial  temper,  a  well-balanced  mind,  a  keen  appreciation 
of  wit,  and  a  thoroughly  unselfish  nature.  He  was  a 
diligent  student  of  the  Bible,  which  he  had  read  through 
at  the  age  of  five  years.  During  the  winter  of  1864  he 
was  converted,  and  on  his  dying  bed  his  simple  faith  did 
not  forsake  him.  As  he  passed  from  time  to  eternity,  it 
was  with  words  of  blissful  anticipation  on  his  lips  and  a 
face  calm  with  heavenly  peace. 

Obituary  Record^  1  Zd^y-^J, 


1 86 1.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  237 

Prest.  Lyceum  of  Nat.  Hist.,  1865.     Phi  Beta  Kappa^ 
1865.     Honorary  Or.,  Commencement,  1865. 


Rev.  Richard  Patrick  Hart  Vail,  of  Stamford,  Conn., 
son  of  David  T.  and  Phebe  B.  [Hart]  Vail,  was  born  at 
Troy,  his  parents'  home,  December  28th,  1843. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Charlier  Institute,  New 
York,  and  by  Prof.  N.  H.  Griffin  at  Williamstown,  en- 
tered Williams  in  i860,  as  Freshman,  and  was  graduated 
in  1864.  He  then  entered  Princeton  Theological  Semi- 
nary, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1867;  spent  a  year 
in  foreign  travel;  upon  his  return  in  1869  became  pastor 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  Waterford,  N.  Y.,  and  so 
remained  until  1876,  when  he  accepted  the  charge  of  the 
church  of  the  same  denomination  in  Stamford,  Avhicb 
he  still  retains. 

Mr.  Vail  married,  April  6th,  1870,  Mary  A.  Sanford, 
of  Albany,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  had  four  children, 
of  whom  three  are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Prest.  Williams  Art  Association,  1864.  Orator,  Class- 
day,  1864.     Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.     Commencement,  1864. 


1862. 

Henry  Wing  Griiviwood,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Joseph  C.  and  Susan  A.  Grimwood,  was  born  at  Albany, 
N.  Y.,  July  26th,  1842.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Albany 
Academy,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  class 
of  1865,  January  1862.  He  remained  somewhat  over  a 
year,  when  he  was  compelled  by  failure  of  health  to  leave. 
In  the  spring  of  1863  entered  the  house  of  Booth  &  Edgar, 
sugar-refiners,  in  New  York,  with  whom  he  continued 
until  1878,  when  he  formed  his  present  connection  with 
the  Lawrence  Rope  Works  in  the  same  city. 

Mr.  Grimwood  married,  in  October,  1873,  Edna 
Waring,  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.     (1880.) 


22,S  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1862. 

Justin  Kellogg,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Giles  B. 
Kellogg,  a  graduate  and  Trustee  of  Williams,  and  Adeline, 
•daughter  of  Justin  Kellogg,  Sr.,  was  born  at  Troy,  April 
1 8th,  1845. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy,  by  Prof. 
N.  H.  Griffin  in  Williamstown,  and  at  Troy  University 
-during  i860.  Entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1861, 
and  was  graduated  in  1865.  He  then  began  the  study  of 
law,  and  was  duly  admitted  to  practice  after  a  course  in 
the  Albany  Law  School,  at  the  close  of  which  he  received 
the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  the  University  of  Albany. 
Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged,  in  partnership  with 
his  father,  in  professional  practice. 

In  1 87 1  Mr.  Kellogg  married  Mary  B.  Leake,  of 
Troy,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two  children  now 
living.     (1880.) 

Prest.  Class-day,  1865.  A.M.  in  course.  Sec'y  In- 
corporated K.A.  Soc.  from  incorporation  to  present  time. 


Charles  Bennett  Tillinghast,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  William  and  Caroline  [Sperry]  Tillinghast,  was  born 
at  Albany,  his  parents'  residence,  March  31st,  1846.  His 
father,  a  native  of  Wickford,  R.  I.,  was  a  descendant  of 
Rev.  Pardon  Tillinghast,  an  Independent  preacher  who 
emigrated  from  England  about  1630  and  soon  after 
founded  the  First  Baptist  Society,  and  built  the  church 
for  it,  at  Providence,  R.  I.  His  mother  was  a  grand-niece 
of  Commodore  Perry. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Professor  Swan  at  Albany 
Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1862,  and  was 
graduated  in  1866.  He  then  studied  medicine  for  a  short 
time,  but  abandoned  it  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  after 
■spending  nearly  three  years  in  foreign  travel  returned  to 
Albany  and  became  engaged  in  the  business  there  in  which 
he  has  since  continued. 

Mr.  Tillinghast  married,  April  8th,  1874,  Florence, 
-daughter  of  William  Morgan,  Esq.,  of  Poughkeepsie,  and 


1 862.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  239 

by  this  marriage  he  has  had  three  children,  of  whom  two 
are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Prest.  Lyceum  of  Nat.  Hist,  1865.     Commencement, 
1866. 


Oliver  Grant  Barton,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
William  and  Eliza  P.  [Whittemore]  Barton,  was  born  in 
New  York,  February  20th,  1844. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Charlier  Institute  in  that 
city,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1862,  and  was 
graduated  in  1866.  Since  then  has  been  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  New  York,  and  excepting  one  year,  with  the  New 
York  Life  Insurance  Company. 

Mr.  Barton  has  for  a  number  of  years  had  charge  of 
the  arrangements  for  the  Society's  annual  dinner  in  New 
York,  which  he  has  very  acceptably  managed.  Is  un- 
married.    (1880.) 

Commencement,  1866. 


Orrin  Day,  of  Catskill,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Samuel  S.  and 
Cornelia  E.  [Spencer]  Day, — the  latter  of  Utica,  N.  Y., 
before  marriage, — and  brother  of  Dr.  W.  D.  and  J,  S.  Day 
(see  Index),  was  born  at  Catskill,  September  24th,  1840. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  that  place  and  by  Profes- 
sor  N.  H.  Griffin  at  Williamstown,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  1862,  and  was  graduated  in  1866.  Read  law 
for  three  years  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1869,  al- 
though not  intending  to  practice.  He  then  entered  the 
Tanners'  National  Bank  of  Catskill,  of  which  his  father  is 
president,  where  he  still  remains. 

Mr.  Day  married,  October  30th,  1877,  Rosalie  Sunder- 
land, of  Washington,  D.  C.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1866. 


240  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1863, 


1863. 

Rev.  Francis  Theodore  Ingalls,  of  Atchison,  Kan- 
sas, sixth  child  of  Elias  T.  and  Eliza  [Chase]  Ingalls,  was 
born  at  Haverhill,  Mass.,  January  3d,  1844. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  public  school  of  his 
native  town,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  Septem- 
ber, i860,  and  was  graduated  in  1864  with  the  Valedictory 
Oration.  He  then  entered  Princeton  Seminary,  where  he 
took  the  first  year  of  his  theological  course,  after  which 
he  was  engaged  for  three  years  in  a  private  tutorship. 
During  this  period  he  visited  Europe  with  his  charge,  re- 
maining about  a  year,  most  of  which  was  spent  in  France. 
In  September,  1868,  entered  Andover  Seminary,  where  he 
completed  his  theological  course  in  1870.  In  September 
of  the  same  year  went  to  Kansas  "  to  see  the  West,"  and 
accepted  a  call  to  the  Congregational  church  at  Olathe  in 
that  State,  over  which  he  was  ordained  in  December  fol- 
lowing. In  July,  1872,  resigned  this  pastorate,  and  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  church  of  the  same  denomination  in 
Atchison,  his  present  charge. 

In  March,  1873,  Mr.  Ingalls  was  appointed  by  the  Gov- 
ernor a  Regent  of  the  University  of  Kansas,  for  a  term  of 
three  years,  and  he  has  been  twice  reappointed  to  that 
trust.  He  has  permitted  the  publication  of  occasional 
discourses,  and  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  various 
religious  and  reformatory  enterprises  of  the  section  in 
which  he  lives.  At  present  date  is  about  to  travel  abroad 
for  a  year.     Is  unmarried.     (Nov.,  1880.) 

Prest.  Philotechnian,  1863.  Ivy  Oration,  Class-day, 
1864.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1864.  Valedictory,  Commence- 
ment, 1864. 


Rev.  William  Walton  Clark,  of  Brighton  Heights 
(S.  I.),  N.  Y.,  brother  of  Rev.  R.  W.  Clark,  Jr.  (p.  232),  and 
nephew  of  Rev.  J.  E.  Walton  (p.  179),  was  born  at  Ports- 
mouth, N.  H.,  May  8th,  1846. 


1863.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  241 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Clark  and 
Brownell,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, September,  1862,  and  was  graduated  in  1866.  The 
same  year  went  into  business  in  New  York;  in  1 871,  in 
connection  with  his  business,  put  up  the  entire  works  of 
the  Buffalo  Mutual  Gaslight  Company,  without  any  pre- 
vious experience  in  that  line,  and  in  1872  erected  those  of 
the  Citizens'  Gas  Company  in  Rochester.  In  1874  he  re- 
tired from  business  in  consequence  of  ill  health,  and  he 
then  spent  a  year  in  Europe. 

In  1875  Mr.  Clark,  who  had  for  some  time  been  active- 
ly interested  in  religious  affairs,  felt  constrained  to  turn 
his  thoughts  towards  new  plans  in  life,  and  entered  Union 
Seminary,  where  he  completed  his  course  in  1877.  ^^ 
1878  was  ordained  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church 
in  Painesville,  O.,  which  the  state  of  his  health  compelled 
him  to  leave  at  the  end  of  a  year.  Recently  he  has  been 
able  to  take  the  pastorate  of  the  Reformed  (Dutch) 
church  at  Brighton  Heights. 

He  married,  in  March,  1868,  Elizabeth  W)^ckoff,  of 
Brooklyn,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  three  daughters. 

(1880.) 

Poem,  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1866.     Commencement,  1866. 


Ralph  Edward  Starkweather,  m.d.,  of  Chicago, 
111.,  son  of  Charles  R.  and  Mary  [Eager]  Starkweather, — 
the  latter  originally  of  Worthington,  Mass., — was  born  at 
Chicago,  June  i6th,  1844. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Collegiate  Institute  of 
L.  J.  Dudley,  Northampton,  and  the  Elgin  and  Lake  For- 
est academies,  111.  Entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in 
1862,  and  was  graduated  in  1865.  Studied  medicine  three 
years  with  Dr.  Gurdon  Buck,  of  New  York,  and  at  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  Columbia,  in  that  city,  from  which  he  received 
his  M.D.  in  1868.  He  then  became  Assistant  Resident 
Physician  in  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  New  York,  and  in  1869 
16 


242  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1863. 

in  Kings  County  Hospital.  In  1870  returned  to  Chicago, 
and  has  been  successively  Attending  Physician  to  the 
Brainard  Dispensary,  same  to  the  Chicago  Relief  and  Aid 
Society  (1871-72),  Sanitary  Inspector  of  the  City  Health 
Department  (1874),  Visitor  of  the  Free  Dispensary  (since 
1873),  and  Physician  of  the  Southside  Dispensary  (since 
1876).  In  1878-9  was  Clerk  of  State  Board  of  Health. 
Is  member  and  officer  also  of  local  medical  societies. 

Dr.  Starkweather  married,  February  24th,  1870,  Ada 
M.  A.  Gay,  of  Providence,  R.  I.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  368  Michigan  Avenue. 

Vice-President  Williams   Art   Association.      A.M.   in 
course.     Mass.  Med.  Soc. 


John  Howard  Cowing,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
James  A.  Cowing,  a  native  of  Chesterfield,  Mass.,  and 
Julia  M.  [Radcliffe]  Cowing,  was  born  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
his  parents'  place  of  residence,  December  2d,  1846. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  the  school  of  Clark  and  Brown- 
ell,  in  Brooklyn,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1863, 
and  graduated  in  1867.  Intending  to  follow  the  profession 
of  law,  studied  for  a  short  time,  but  was  compelled  by 
the  state  of  his  eyes  to  abandon  his  purpose,  and  in  con- 
sequence entered  upon  mercantile  pursuits.  Was  for 
several  years  engaged  in  a  leading  New  York  banking- 
house,  and  in  1874  became  manager  of  the  Buffalo  Mutual 
Gaslight  Company,  which  position,  with  that  of  treasurer, 
he  now  holds.  Has  made  a  visit  to  Europe  during  the 
present  year.     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1867.     A.M.  in  course. 

John  Dodd  Canfield,  of  Morristown,  N.  J.,  son  of 
Judge  Benjamin  O.  and  Louisa  [Dodd]  Canfield, — the 
latter  originally  of  Bloomfield,  N.  J., — was  born  at  Mor- 
ristown, the  home  of  his  father's  family  for  four  genera- 
tions, April  19th,  1845. 


1863.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  243 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Morris  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1862,  and  graduated 
in  1866.  He  was  then  engaged  for  two  years  in  the 
Treasurer's  Department  of  the  Morris  and  Essex  Railroad 
Company,  after  which  he  studied  law  with  Hon.  Alfred 
Mills,  at  Morristown,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  June, 
1872.  Since  that  time  has  been  engaged  in  professional 
practice  at  Morristown,  filling,  in  the  mean  time,  the 
offices  of  City  Treasurer  and  Attorney.  Is  unmar- 
ried.    (1880.) 

Prest.  AdelphicUn.,  1866.  Commencement,  1866.  A.M. 
in  course. 


Charles  Warren  West,  of  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  brother 
of  Emory  W.  West  (p.  236)  and  son  of  Dr.  Charles  E. 
West,  K.  A.  of  Union,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  then 
his  parents'  residence,  December  23d,  1846.  Was  fitted 
for  college  at  the  Brooklyn  Collegiate  and  Polytechnic 
Institute  and  at  a  private  school,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1863,  and  was  graduated  in  1867. 
He  then  entered  the  Law  School  of  Columbia  College, 
from  which  he  received  his  LL.B.  in  1869,  and  since  that 
time  has  been  engaged  in  professional  practice  in  New 
York.     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  22  Nassau  Street. 


1864. 

Rev.  John  Hoyt  Lockwood,  of  Westfield,  Mass., 
son  of  Charles  U.  and  Mary  E.  [Fry]  Lockwood, — the 
latter  originally  of  Danbury,  Conn., — was  born  at  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  his  parents*  place  of  residence,  January  17th,  1848. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1864,  and  was  graduated  in 
1868.     He  then  took  a  full  theological  course  at  Princeton 


244  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1864. 

Seminary,  was  graduated  thence  in  187 1,  and  on  November 
15th  of  the  same  year  ordained  pastor  of  the  Reformed 
(Dutch)  church  in  Canastota,  N.  Y.  Leaving  that  charge, 
he  became  pastor,  June  i8th,  1873,  of  the  New  England 
Congregational  Church,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  and  May  14th, 
1879,  c>f  the  First  Congregational,  Westfield,  Mass.,  in 
which  he  was  a  successor  of  Rev.  Dr.  Emerson  Davis, 
Vice-President  of  Williams.  Soon  after  this  settlement 
Mr.  Lockwood  preached  a  discourse  on  the  occasion  of 
the  Bi-centennial  Anniversary  of  the  church,  which  was 
highly  appreciated  by  his  people,  warmly  commended  by 
the  press,  and  printed  by  general  desire.  The  appendix 
is  enriched  with  copies  of  some  peculiarly  entertaining 
documents. 

Mr.  Lockwood  married,  July  19th,  1871,  Sarah  C, 
daughter  of  E.  P.  Bennett,  M.D.,  of  Danbury,  Conn.,  and 
by  this  marriage  he  has  a  son  and  a  daughter.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1865.  Commencement,  1868.  A.M.  in 
course. 


James  Somerville  Knowlson,  Jr.,  of  Aurora,  III, 
eldest  son  of  James  S.  and  Jane  E.  [Kellogg]  Knowlson, 
and  brother  of  William  H.  Knowlson  (see  Index),  was 
born  at  Sand  Lake,  Rensselaer  County,  N.  Y.,  March 
5  th,  1847. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1864,  and  was  graduated  in  1868. 
He  then  followed  mercantile  life  for  a  time,  was  after- 
wards for  three  years  in  the  law-office  of  J.  C.  Haines,  Esq. 
(p.  249),  in  Chicago,  and  is  at  present  engaged  with  the 
Chicago,  Burlington  and  Quincy  Railroad  Company,  at 
Aurora.     Is  unmarried.    (1880.) 

Rev.  Henry  Lyman  Griffin,  of  Williamstown,  Mass., 
son  of  Professor  N.  H.  and  brother  of  Professor  E.  H. 
and  of  Solomon  B.  Griffin  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Wil- 
liamstown, December  ist,  1849. 


1864.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  245 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  his  father,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  1864,  and  was  graduated  in  1868. 
Studied  theology  at  Princeton  and  New  Haven  Semina- 
ries, and  was  settled  over  the  South  Congregational 
Church,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  from  1873  to  1878,  when  he 
resigned  his  charge  and  went  abroad  for  study  and 
travel.  From  this  trip  he  has  just  returned.  Is  unmar- 
ried.    (Nov.,  1880.) 

Commencement,  1868.     A.M.  in  course. 


John  Howell  Jones,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  son  of 
Caleb  and  Mary  A.  Jones,  was  born  in  that  city,  his  pa- 
rents' place  of  residence,  June  i8th,  1847. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Professor  S.  M.  Cleve- 
land of  Philadelphia,  at  the  same  time  with  Henry  C. 
Miller  (p.  246),  in  whose  company  he  came  to  Williams. 
He  entered,  as  Freshman,  in  1864,  graduated  in  1868,  and 
with  the  same  friend  (who  had  graduated  a  year  earlier) 
entered  a  private  laboratory  in  Philadelphia.  Subse- 
quently they  opened  an  analytical  laboratory  together. 
This  was  given  up  after  some  months,  and  the  subject  of 
this  sketch  then  became  chemist  to  the  Gloucester  (N.  J.) 
Print  Works,  near  Philadelphia.  In  that  position  he  re- 
mained for  seven  years,  when,  finding  laboratory  work 
detrimental  to  his  health,  he  abandoned  it,  and  was  en- 
gaged for  eighteen  months  in  various  mercantile  pursuits. 
In  October,  1879,  became  the  representative  in  Philadel- 
phia of  the  Boston  house  of  Henry  A.  Gould,  importer 
of  specialties  in  drugs  and  dye-woods,  and  so  continues.  Is 
unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  47  South  Front  Street. 

Commencement,  1868.    A.M.  in  course. 


Joshua    Spencer    Day,   of  CatskiU,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Samuel  S.  and  Cornelia  [Spencer]  Day, — the  latter  origi- 


246  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1864. 

nally  of  Utica,  N.  Y., — and  brother  of  Dr.  W.  D.  and  of 
Orrin  Day  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Catskill,  December 
nth,  1846. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  Professor  N.  H.  Griffin 
in  Williamstown,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1864,  but  left  during  his  Sophomore  year.  He  then  en- 
tered the  Tanners'  National  Bank  of  Catskill,  of  which  his 
father  is  president,  and  remained  three  years,  after  which 
he  was  connected  for  about  two  years  with  a  commission 
house  in  New  York.  In  the  spring  of  1871  went  to  St. 
Paul,  Minn.,  and  engaged  in  railroad-building  as  one  of 
the  firm  of  Allin  &  Day,  who  graded  the  Sioux  City  and 
St.  Paul  R.  R.  In  the  spring  of  1872  went  into  the  lum- 
ber business  at  Anoka,  Minn.,  and  continued  in  that  con- 
nection (Anoka  Lumber  Co.)  for  nearly  three  years,  when, 
in  view  of  the  depression  of  business,  he  sold  out  and 
returned  to  the  Tanners*  Bank,  in  which  he  still  is.  Un- 
married.    (1880.) 


Henry  Clay  Miller,  of  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  son  of 
George  H.  and  Emma  M.  [Stellwagon]  Miller,  both  of 
Philadelphia,  Pa.,  was  born  in  that  city,  May  19th,  1844. 
Was  fitted  for  college  in  company  with  John  H.  Jones, 
afterwards  his  chum  (p.  245),  under  Professor  Samuel 
M.  Cleveland,  and  efitered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
the  fall  of  1864.  After  spending  two  terms  in  this  class, 
he  resolved  to  "study  up"  during  the  summer  and,  if  pos- 
sible, "  skip"  one  year,  so  as  to  join  the  class  of  1867.  This 
he  succeeded  in  accomplishing  the  following  January,  and 
in  due  time  graduated  as  a  member  of  that  class,  with 
the ^sthetical  Oration — a  somewhat  unique  achievement. 

After  graduation  taught  for  a  year  in  Lake  Forest 
Academy,  near  Chicago,  under  Principal  L.  M.  Johnson 
(p.  216),  then  returned  to  Philadelphia  and  entered  the 
chemical  laboratory  of  Dr.  Bruckner,  whose  assistant  he 
shortly  after  became.  In  this  business  he  continued  for 
two  years,  part  of  the  time  in  company  with  his  friend 
Jones,  when  it  became  merged  in  that  of  importing  drugs 


1 864-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  247 

and  sundries,  in  which  he  was  actively  occupied  for  the 
next  three  years  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Miller  &  Cum- 
mings.  Health  failing,  he  then  retired  from  business,  and 
for  eighteen  months  led  a  rough  life  in  the  Rocky  Moun- 
tain region,  engaged  in  mining  and  other  schemes. 

Returning  East,  he  next  accepted  a  second  offer  from 
Principal  Johnson,  then  of  the  State  Normal  School  of 
New  Jersey,  at  Trenton,  in  which  he  became  Instructor 
in  Latin  and  German.  After  remaining  a  year  in  this  po- 
sition he  withdrew,  and,  in  company  with  the  Professor 
of  Mathematics,  took  charge  of  the  Hasbrouck  Institute 
in  Jersey  City,  which  they  are  now  prosperously  manag- 
ing. During  the  present  season  they  have  opened  a  col- 
legiate branch  of  this  institution  at  the  corner  of  Broadway 
and  Forty-third  Street  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

Mr.  Miller  married,  December  24th,  1878,  Effie  Wilkes. 

(Nov.,  1880.) 

Valedictory,  Adelphic  Un.,  1867.  Phi  Beta  Kappa 
1867.     ^sthetical,  Commencement,  1867. 


1865. 

Jacob  Maus  Schermerhorn,  Jr.,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
son  of  Jacob  M.  and  Louisa  A.  [Barber]  Schermerhorn, — 
the  latter  originally  of  Homer,  N.Y., — was  born  at  Homer, 
March  15th,  1847.  His  father,  who  was  of  Dutch  descent 
was  a  native  of  Schenectady  and  a  graduate  of  Union 
College,  whither  he  sent  an  older  son,  George  J.,  who  there 
became  a  member  of  our  Society. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Russell's  Institute,  New  Haven,  Phillips  Academy,  Ando- 
ver,  and  Williston  Seminary  ;  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, September,  1865,  and  was  graduated  in  1869.  He 
was  then  engaged  in  business  for  three  years  in  Homer, 
after  which,  about  seven  years  since,  he  became  Treasurer 
of  the  Sweet's  Manufacturing  Company  of  Syracuse,  steel 
manufacturers,  in  which  position  he  still  remains. 


248  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1865, 

Mr.  Schermerhorn  married,  September  ist,  1870,  Mary 
B.,  only  daughter  of  George  H.  Browne,  of  Providence, 
and  niece  of  Mrs.  Joseph  White  of  Williamstown.    (1880.) 

Prest.  Philotechnian.  Commencement,  1869.  A.M. 
in  course. 


John  Boyd  Thacher,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son  of  George 
H.  and  Ursula  J.  [Boyd]  Thacher, — the  latter  before  mar- 
riage of  Schenectady, — was  born  at  Ballston  Spa,  N.  Y., 
September  nth,  1847. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Sand  Lake,  N.  Y.,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1865,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  1869.  He  then  took  a  position  in  the  Albany 
Car- Wheel  Works  of  Thacher,  Lathrop  &  Co.,  in  which 
his  father  was  senior  partner ;  became  himself  a  partner, 
January,  1873,  and  is  still  engaged  in  that  business. 

Mr.  Thacher  married,  September  nth,  1872,  Emma 
Tread  well,  of  Albany.     (1880.) 

A.M.  in  course. 


1866. 

Francis  Ellington  Leupp,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  only 
son  of  John  P.  and  Emeline  M.  [Davis]  Loop,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  his  parents'  home,  January  2d,  1849. 
The  family  name,  which  is  of  German  origin,  and  was  at 
first  written  Lupp,  was  subsequently  anglicized  into  Loop 
by  one  branch,  and  finally  settled,  by  general  consent,  as 
now  written  by  the  subject  of  this  sketch. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Sedgwick  Institute,  Great 
Barrington,  Mass.,  and  at  the  High  School,  Lawrenceville, 
N.  J.;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September,  1866, 
and  was  graduated  in  1870.  The  following  autumn  en- 
tered Columbia  College  Law  School,  from  which,  after  a 
brief  European  trip  in  the  summer  of  187 1,  he  received,  in 
May,  1872,  his  degree  of  LL.B.     Was  admitted  to  prac- 


1 866.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  249 

tice,  and  with  another  formed  the  partnership  of  Eggles- 
ton  &  Loop,  which  continued  about  a  year.  Having 
then  recently  pubhshed  a  successful  story  in  the  Galaxy^ 
he  drifted  into  literary  work,  became  a  contributor  to 
various  popular  publications,  in  the  autumn  of  1873  re- 
tired from  his  partnership,  and  in  August,  1874,  accepted 
an  editorial  chair  on  the  staff  of  the  New  York  Evening- 
Post,  which  he  occupied  for  four  years.  In  September, 
1878,  he  became  leading  editorial  writer  of  the  Syracuse 
Evening  Herald,  which  position  he  still  occupies.  Mr. 
Leupp  edited,  and  in  part  wrote,  the  Evening  Post's  vol- 
ume in  memorial  of  William  C.  Bryant. 

He  married,  October  13th,  1874,  Ada  L.,  daughter  of 
U.  A.  Murdock,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  and  by  this  marriage 
he  has  two  sons  and  a  daughter.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1868.  Commencement,  1870.  A.M.  in 
course. 


Joseph  Matteson,  m.d.,  of  Chicago,  111.,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Cecilia  Matteson,  and  brother  of  Chas.  C.  Matteson 
(p.  253),  was  born  in  Chicago,  his  parents'  place  of  resi« 
dence,  July  20th,  1849. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake  Forest  Academy^ 
near  that  city,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  at  the 
beginning  of  fall  term,  1866,  and  was  graduated  in  1870. 
Studied  medicine  at  the  Chicago  Medical  College,  from 
which  he  received  his  M.D.  in  1878,  and  since  that  time 
has  been  occupied  with  professional  practice  in  his  native 
city.     Is  married,  and  has  a  son.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  475  West  Randolph  Street. 


John  Charles  Haines,  of  Seattle,  Washington  Ter~ 
ritory,  son  of  Hon.  Elijah  M.  Haines,  of  Chicago,  was 
born  at  Waukegan,  111.,  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake 
Forest  Academy,  entered  WilHams,  as  Freshman,  in 
the  fall  of  1866,  and  was  graduated  in  1870  with  a  Philo- 


250      '  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1866. 

sophical  Oration.  After  graduation  studied  law,  and  in 
1 87 1  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Chicago.  The  same  year 
was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace,  which  office  he  held 
for  eight  years.  Was  Democratic  candidate  for  Judge  of 
Probate,  and  although  defeated,  ran  largely  ahead  of  his 
ticket.  After  the  expiration  of  his  term  as  justice  he 
practised  about  a  year  in  Chicago,  and  then  removed  to 
Seattle,  W.  T.,  where  he  is  now  engaged  in  professional 
pursuits. 

Married,  in  1872,  Belle  Burton,  of  Waukegan.    (1880.) 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.     Poet,  Class-day,  1870.     Philo- 
sophical, Commencement,  1870. 


Augustus  White  Durkee,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Harrison  and  Mary  [Hart]  Durkee,  was  born  in  Troy, 
N.  Y.  Is  cousin  of  Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail,  J.  A.  Griswold, 
and  W.  F.  and  H.  H.  Burden  (see  Index).  Entered  Wil- 
liams first  term  Junior,  fall  of  1866,  taking  the  University 
course,  which  he  completed  in  1868.  Since  that  time  has 
been  engaged  in  partnership  with  his  father  in  the  busi- 
ness of  banker  and  broker  in  stocks. 

Mr.  Durkee  married,  April  i8th,  1871,  Margaret  Acton, 
of  Cincinnati,  O.     (1880.) 

Prest.  Philotechnian. 


Edward  Allen  Durant,  Jr.,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Edward  A.  and  Margaret  [Styles]  Durant,  was  born  at  Al- 
bany, his  parents'  home,  April  nth,  1849.  Was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Albany  Academy,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  1864,  and  was  graduated  in  1868.  Since 
then  has  been  engaged  in  business  as  one  of  the  firm  of 
Durant  &  Elmore,  produce  commission  merchants.  Is 
unmarried.     (June,  1880.) 

Address,  No.  505  Broadway. 

Prest.  Class-day,  1868. 


1 866.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  251 

Frank  Blaisdell  Wilder,  m.d.,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  son 
of  George  G.  and  Martha  F.  [Snow]  Wilder,  was  born  in 
Boston,  December  nth,  1848.  His  father,  a  resident  of 
Attleboro,  Mass.,  was  a  nephew  of  President  Griffin  of 
the  college.  His  mother  resided,  before  marriage,  in 
Fitchburg. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Boston  Latin  School, 
entered  Williams  in  the  fall  of  1866,  as  Freshman,  and 
was  graduated  in  1870.  He  then  studied  medicine  in 
Harvard  Medical  School,  from  which  he  received  his 
degree  in  1874.  Practised  for  three  years  at  Newton, 
after  which  he  settled  in  Boston. 

While  in  college  was  leader  of  the  Williams  Glee 
Club.  Has  been  a  member  of  the  Apollo,  of  Boston,  from 
its  establishment,  and  is  still  much  interested  in  musical 
matters. 

Dr.  Wilder  married,  in  1873,  Marie  L.  Huse,  of  Evans- 
ton,  111.,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two  sons.  (June, 
1880.) 

Address,  No.  331  Columbus  Avenue. 

Massachusetts  Med.  Soc. 


William  Saltonstall  Gould,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  William  R.  and  Matilda  S.  [Howe]  Gould, — also  related 
to  F.  Howe,  Jr.,  (see  Index), — was  born  in  Brooklyn,  his 
parents'  home,  February  7th,  1849. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Brooklyn  Collegiate 
and  Polytechnic  Institute,  and  at  the  High  School,  Law- 
renceville,  N.  J. ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  Jan- 
uary, 1867,  and  was  graduated  in  1870.  Has  since  been 
engaged  in  the  business  of  banker  and  broker,  in  the 
house  of  W.  R.  Gould  &  Co.,  New  York.  Is  unmar- 
ried.    (1880.) 

Address,  No.  54  Wall  Street. 
A.M.  in  course. 


252  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1867. 

1867. 

Charles  Evelyn  Fargo,  of  Topeka,  Kansas,  son  of 
Charles  H.  Fargo,  of  Chicago,  III.,  was  born  in  1850^ 
Was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake  Forest  Academy,  entered 
Williams  in  1867,  as  a  member  of  the  class  of  1870,  but 
left  before  completing  his  course.  Has  been  since  Janu- 
ary, 1872,  a  member  of  the  Chicago  firm  of  C.  H.  Fargo 
&  Co.,  manufacturers  of  boots  and  shoes,  though  residing 
for  some  time  past  at  Topeka. 

Married,  in  December,  1872,  Miss  Coffin,  of  Wiscasset^ 
Me.,  who  deceased  in  July,  1873.  Subsequently  married 
Miss  Kent,  of  Alton,  111. 

John  Wood  Griswold,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Hon. 
John  A.  and  Elizabeth  [Hart]  Griswold,  and  cousin  of  Rev, 
R.  P.  H.  Vail,  A.  W.  Durkee,  and  W.  F.  and  H.  H.  Bur- 
den (see  Index),  was  born  at  Troy,  August  30th,  1850. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy,  and  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1867;  but  left  the 
following  year,  and  was  afterward  for  a  time  a  member  of 
the  Yale  Scientific  School.  Has  since  been  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  wire  in  Troy. 

Mr.  Griswold  married,  January  15th,  1878,  Sarah  W. 
Tibbits,  of  Troy,  and  has  by  this  marriage  two  daugh- 
ters.    (1880.) 

Edward  Gould  Shumway,  of  Chicago,  111.,  son  of 
Edward  S.  and  Ellen  B.  [Gould]  Shumway, — the  latter 
originally  of  Essex,  Essex  County,  N.  Y., — was  born  at 
Essex,  April  9th,  1850.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake 
Forest  Academy,  near  Chicago,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  September,  1867,  but  left  in  April,  1870. 
Has  since  resided  in  Chicago,  engaged  in  busmess  in  the 
firm  of  Shumway,  Burgess  &  Co.,  of  the  Continental  Bolt 
and  Manufacturing  Works. 

Mr.  Shumway  married,  August  12th,  1875,  Lavinia  S. 
Ballard,  and  has  had  by  this  marriage  three  daughters,  of 
whom  two  are  now  living.     (1880.) 

Address,  Cor.  Michigan  and  Franklin  streets. 


1867.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  253 

William  Hale  Low,  Jr.,  of  the  U.  S.  Army,  son  of  Wil- 
liam H.  and  Sarah  J.  [Ross]  Low,  was  born  at  Whitehall, 
N.  Y.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake  Forest  (111.)  Acad- 
emy, entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1867,  but  left  in 
the  fall  of  1868,  entered  the  U.  S.  Military  Academy  at 
West  Point,  and  was  graduated  there  in  1871. 

Since  graduation  has  been  Captain  in  the  Twentieth 
U.  S.  Infantry.     Is  at  Fort  Brown,  Brownsville,  Tex. 

During  the  Indian  war,  in  which  General  Custer  was 
killed,  he  organized  and  commanded  a  Gatling  battery  of 
artillery.  He  was  also  a  volunteer  in  the  recent  Howgate 
Arctic  Expedition.     (1881.) 


*  Charles  Cobb  Matteson,  m.d.,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pa.,  brother  of  Dr.  J.  Matteson  (p.  249),  was  born  at  Chi- 
cago, 111.,  September  5th,  185 1. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake  Forest  Academy, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1867,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1 87 1  with  high  reputation.  He  then  studied  medi- 
cine in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  where  he  was 
highly  popular  with  both  Faculty  and  students,  was  Class 
President,  worked  hard,  and  received  his  M.D.  with  hon- 
orable mention  in  March,  1874.  His  thesis  at  graduation 
was  published  in  the  American  Supplement  to  the  Edin- 
burgh Obstetrical  Journal,  and  was  quoted  in  various 
medical  publications  at  home  and  abroad.  Immediately 
afterward  he  took  charge  of  the  Philadelphia  Children's 
Hospital  as  Resident  Physician,  but  after  six  months  re- 
signed and  went  to  Paris  for  further  study.  While  there, 
in  the  early  part  of  1875,  he  was  attacked  by  hemorrhage, 
night-sweats,  and  similar  indications,  and  was  compelled 
to  relinquish  his  studies.  In  July  of  the  same  year  came 
home,  and  then  tried  the  climate  of  Colorado  for  two  or 
three  months,  but  finding  it  of  no  benefit,  returned  East, 
and  the  same  fall  was  elected  one  of  the  Resident  Physi- 
cians in  the  Philadelphia  Hospital.  "  But  prolonged  ex- 
posure in  the  post-mortem  room  was  probably  the 
immediate  cause  of  the  hemorrhage  which  ushered  in  his 


2  54  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1867. 

final  illness."  In  January  following  a  similar  but  severer 
attack  prostrated  him  upon  his  bed,  which  he  never  left 
again.  He  lingered  until  the  27th  of  April  succeeding 
(1876),  and  then  passed  away.  Rarely  was  there  given 
fairer  promise  of  a  useful  and  honorable  life. 

Mr.  Matteson  was  very  warm  and  enthusiastic  in  his 
attachment  to  our  Society. 

Obituary  Record,  1876,  mainly. 


1868. 

Charles  Abraham  Lansing,  of  Colorado  Springs, 
Col.,  son  of  Charles  B.  Lansing,  of  Albany,  a  graduate 
of  Williams,  and  Catherine  [Townsend]  Lansing,  was 
born  in  Albany,  N.  Y.,  May  30th,  1845.  Was  fitted  for 
college  at  the  Albany  Academy,  entered  Williams,  as 
Sophomore,  and  was  graduated  in  1868.  Returning  to 
Albany,  he  was  for  some  time  partner  in  the  firm  of  Lyon 
&  Lansing,  wholesale  provision  dealers.  But  an  attack  of 
hemorrhage  from  the  lungs  compelled  him  to  seek  the  dry 
air  of  the  far  West,  where  he  was  in  a  measure  restored, 
and  has  since  thought  it  best  to  remain.  Is  engaged  in 
the  business  of  raising  cattle  and  sending  them  to  the 
Eastern  markets,  and  has  a  fine  ranch.  Unmarried.  (1880.) 

A.M.  in  course. 


Francis  Henry  Davenport,  m.d.,  of  Boston,  Mass., 
son  of  Henry  and  Caroline  [Howe]  Davenport,  was  born 
in  Roxbury  (now  a  part  of  Boston),  his  parents*  home, 
March  27th,  1851.  Was  fitted  for  college  in  the  Roxbury 
Latin  School,  entered  WiUiams  in  the  fall  of  1866,  as 
Freshman,  and  was  graduated  in  1870  with  a  Philosophi- 
cal Oration.  He  then  studied  medicine  at  the  Harvard 
Medical  School,  from  which  he  received  his  degree  of 
M.D.  in  June,  1874.  The  year  1871-72  he  spent  in  foreign 
travel,  and  after  his  second  graduation,  health  being  some- 


1 868.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams,  255 

what  slender,  he  again  travelled  for  a  year,  and  then  stud- 
ied in  German  universities  for  the  greater  part  of  two 
years. 

In  the  autumn  of  1877  settled  in  Boston,  where  he 
has  remained,  engaged  in  practice.  Has  served  under 
appointments  as  Physician  to  the  Boston  Dispensary  and 
to  St.  Luke's  Home,  and  as  Assistant  Physician  to  the 
Children's  Hospital. 

Dr.  Davenport  married,  in  June,  1879,  Elizabeth  A. 
Brewster,  of  Roxbury.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  156  Mt.  Vernon  Street. 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1868.  Prest.  Philologian.  Phi  Beta 
Kappa,  1869.     Philosophical,  Commencement,  1870. 


Charles  Tracy  Barney,  of  New  York  City,  son  of 
Ashbel  H.  and  Susan  [Tracy]  Barney,  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, O.,  January  27th,  1850.  Entered  Williams  third 
term  Sophomore,  in  1868,  taking  the  special  course,  which 
he  completed  in  1870  with  his  class.  Has  since  been  en- 
gaged as  a  banker  and  broker  in  stocks. 

Mr.  Barney  married,  October  20th,  1875,  Lilly  Whit- 
ney, of  Brookline,  Mass.,  and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two 
sons.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  82  Broadway. 


William  Davis  Granger,  m.d.,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  son 
of  Rev.  Dr.  James  N.  and  Anna  B.  [Davis]  Granger,  was 
born  at  Providence,  R.  I.,  his  parents'  place  of  residence, 
in  the  old  First  Baptist  parsonage,  December  22d,  1847. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Highland  School,  Worcester, 
Phillips  (Andover)  Academy,  and  the  University  Gram- 
mar School,  Providence.  Entered  Williams  third  term 
Junior,  May,  1868,  taking  the  partial  course,  which  he 
completed  at  the  graduation  of  his  class  in  1869.  He 
then  began  the  study  of  medicine,  in  which   he  received 


2^6  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1868. 

his  degree  from  Bellevue  Hospital  Medical  College,  New 
York,  in  1879,  ^"^  subsequently  settled  for  practice  in 
Buffalo,  where  he  has  since  remained. 

Dr.  Granger  has  communicated  several  reports  of 
special  surgical  operations  to  the  Buffalo  Medical  and  Sur- 
gical Journal,     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  7  West  Chippewa  Street. 


Alexander  Boyd  Cummings,  of  Washington,  D.  C, 
son  of  Alexander  and  Sarah  [Yard]  Cummings, — the  for- 
mer a  native  of  Williamsport,  Pa.,  and  the  latter  of  Phila- 
delphia,— was  born  at  Philadelphia,  his  parents*  place  of 
residence,  September  i8th,  1849. 

Was  fitted  for  college  by  Professor  S.  M.  Cleveland 
of  Philadelphia,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  the 
class  of  1 87 1,  but  left  during  his  Senior  year.  He  then 
studied  in  Harvard  Law  School,  but  without  entering 
upon  professional  practice  was  engaged  for  a  while  edito- 
rially, until  appointment  as  a  clerk  in  the  Sixth  Auditor's 
office,  Treasury  Department,  at  the  Capital. 

He  married,  May  17th,  1876,  Julia  B.  Jones,  formerly 
of  Bradford  County,  Pa.     (1880.) 

*  Joseph  Berens,  m.d.,  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  son  of 
Dr.  Bernard  Berens  and  Mrs.  R.  S.  [Passmore]  Berens, 
was  born  in  Philadelphia,  his  parents'  home,  March  23d, 
1851. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  that  city,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  the  autumn  of  1868,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  1872.  He  then  studied  medicine  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  received  his  M.D.  in 
March,  1874;  soon  after  was  elected  Resident  Physician 
in  the  Philadelphia  Hospital ;  and  upon  the  completion  of 
his  term  of  service  there,  engaged,  with  eminent  success, 
in  a  private  professional  practice  not  exceeded  in  extent 
by  that  of  many  of  the  most  prominent  physicians  in  the 
oity.     He  also  devoted   much  of  his  time  to  his  duties 


1 868.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  257 

as  Pathologist  to  the  hospital  already  named,  a  position 
to  which  he  was  elected  not  long-  before  his  decease. 

His  success,  although  due  in  part  to  favoring  circum- 
stances, was  owing  also  to  a  rarely  happy  combination  in 
himself  of  certain  intellectual  and  moral  traits,  which  en- 
abled him  to  improve  the  opportunities  afforded  him. 
His  professional  attainments  were  of  the  highest  charac- 
ter. Thoroughly  instructed  in  both  the  science  and  the 
art  of  medicine,  remarkably  bold  and  self-reliant  in  prac- 
tice, he  was  eminently  successful  in  the  treating  of  dis- 
ease. Though  energetic  and  determined,  he  was  kind 
and  considerate,  and  had  a  singular  appreciation  of  the 
mental  states  of  the  sick,  which  enabled  him  at  once  to 
win  their  confidence,  and  in  a  short  time  their  affection. 
The  few  professional  papers  written  by  him  show  that  he 
possessed  true  scientific  originality. 

Dr.  Berens  died  in  Philadelphia,  May  22d,  1880,  after 
an  illness  of  only  four  days,  the  result  of  blood-poisoning 
by  inoculation  from  a  surgical  patient. 

Phila.  Daily  Evg.  Bulletin^  May  25///,  1880,  mainly. 

Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1871.  Poem,  Adelphic  Un.  Ex., 
1872.     Commencement,  1872. 


Fisher  Howe,  Jr.,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  youngest  child 
of  Fisher  and  Elizabeth  [Leavitt]  Howe,  was  born  in 
Brooklyn,  his  parents'  home,  April  19th,  185 1. 

He  was  fitted  for  College  at  the  High  School,  Law- 
renceville,  N.  J.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  Sep- 
tember, 1868,  and  was  graduated  in  1872.  During  the 
two  years  following  graduation  he  travelled  in  Europe, 
and  upon  his  return  was  for  some  time  in  the  New 
York  office  of  the  Brooklyn  White  Lead  Company.  He 
then  studied  in  the  Law  School  of  Columbia  College, 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B  in  1880,  and 
was  thereupon  admitted  to  practice. 

Mr.  Howe  married,  April  7th,  1875,  Lizzie  B.,  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Charles  Cronkhite  of  Brooklyn,  and  by  this 
marriage  he  has  a  daughter  and  a  son.     (1880.)] 
17 


258  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1868. 

Address,  No.  128  Willow  Street. 

Adelphic    Un.  Ex.      Marshal,  Class-day,  1872.     A.M. 
in  course. 


Benjamin  Ives  Gilman,  of  Sparkill,  Rockland  Co., 
N.  Y.,  brother  of  W.  S.  and  Theodore  Gilman  (p.  220), 
was  born  in  New  York  City,  February  19th,  1852.  Was 
fitted  for  college  at  the  schools  of  Dr.  J.  N.  McElligott 
and  Rev.  J.  McDougal  in  New  York,  entered  Williams, 
as  Freshman,  in  September,  1868,  but  left,  in  consequence 
of  trouble  with  his  eyes,  in  the  spring  of  1 869.  After  leav- 
ing college  he  was  engaged  for  five  years  in  the  business 
of  banking  with  his  father  and  brothers  in  New  York. 
He  is  now  occupied  as  a  graduate  student  in  Johns  Hop- 
kins University,  Baltimore. 

Mr.  Gilman  this  year  received  the  degree  of  A.B.  from 
Williams,  restoring  him  to  the  roll  of  his  class.     (1880.) 


Joseph  Warren  Burden,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Peter 
A.  and  Abbie  [Shepherd]  Burden,  and  cousin  of  W.  F. 
and  H.  H.  Burden  (pp.  271,  272),  was  born  at  Troy,  Sep- 
tember 24th,  1852. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1868,  and  was  graduated  in  1872. 
Is  not  engaged  in  business.  Married,  April  21st  of  the 
present  year,  Harriette  H.,  daughter  of  the  late  Hon.  John 
A.  Griswold  of  Troy.     (188 1.) 

Commencement,  1872. 


George  Dale  Rumsey,  of  Chicago,  111.,  son  of  Julian 
S.  and  Martha  A.  [Turner]  Rumsey,  was  born  in  Chicago, 
his  parents'  place  of  residence.  May  20th,  1849. 

Was  fitted  for  college  by  Prof.  N.  H.  Griffin  at  Wil- 
liamstown,  entered  Williams  in  1869,  and  was  graduated 
in  1872.     Has  since  been  engaged  in  business  as  a  member 


1 868.]  JCappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  259 

of  the  pioneer  commission  house  of  Rumsey,  Brother  & 
Co.,  which  in  1839  inade  the  first  shipment  of  grain  ever 
sent  from  Chicago. 

Mr.  Rumsey  married  Alice  C.  Garfield,  of  Chicago, 
June  13th,  1878. 

Address,  No.  16  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

Moonlight   Ex.,    1871.      Commencement,    1872.      Phi 
Beta  Kappa,  1872. 


1869. 

Edward  Prime  Coe,  of  Englewood,  N.  J.,  son  of 
George  S.  and  Almira  [Stanley]  Coe,  was  born  in  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y.,  February  2d,  185 1.  Was  fitted  for  college  at 
Englewood,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  September, 
1869,  and  was  graduated  in  1872.  Since  then  has  been 
engaged  in  business  as  a  commission  merchant  in  the 
South  American  and  West  Indian  trade.  Is  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Cadenas  &  Coe. 

He  married,  October  nth,  1877,  Margaret  Duryee, 
and  by  this  marriage  he  has  two  daughters.     (1881.) 

Address,  No.  63  Pine  Street. 

Commencement,  1872. 


Solomon  Bulkley  Griffin,  of  Springfield,  Mass.,  son 
of  Prof.  Nathaniel  H.  and  Hannah  [Bulkley]  Griffin,  and 
brother  of  Prof.  E.  H.  and  Rev.  H.  L.  Griffin  (see  Index), 
was  born  at  Williamstown,  August  13th,  1852. 

Was  fitted  for  college  by  his  father,  and  entered 
Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  1869,  taking  the  University 
course,  which  he  completed  in  1872.  Immediately  after- 
ward went  to  his  present  residence  to  work  upon  the 
Springfield  Republican;    is  now  the   managing  editor  of 


26o  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1869. 

that  leading  paper,  and  is  likely  to  make  journalism  his 
life-work.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 

Poet,  Class-day,  1872. 


I  870. 

Arthur  Hale,  of  Lincoln,  Nebraska,  brother  of  G.  W. 
Hale,  Jr.  (p.  235),  was  born  at  Pennington,  N.  J.,  Decem- 
ber 5th,  1852.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Lawrenceville 
(N.  J.)  High  School,  under  Rev.  S.  M.  Hamill,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1870,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1874.  After  graduation  was  appointed  Aid  upon 
the  Pennsylvania  Geological  Survey,  by  Professor  Lesley 
of  Philadelphia,  and  served  in  the  iron  and  oil  districts  of 
the  State  from  the  summer  of  1874  until  the  spring  of 
1878,  when  he  resigned.  Since  November,  1877,  has  been 
engaged  in  the  production  of  crude  petroleum.  Is  at 
present  in  Milford,  Nevada,  with  a  view  to  entering  into 
business  there.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1872.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1873.  Presi- 
dent, Class-day,  1874.     Commencement,  1874. 


Charles  Bulkley  Hubbell,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Dr.  Charles  L.  Hubbell  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  and  Juliette  E. 
[Bulkley]  Hubbell,  daughter  of  Major  Gershom  Bulkley, 
who  emigrated  to  Michigan  from  Williamstown  shortly 
after  the  birth  of  this  daughter,  was  born  at  Williams- 
town,  July  20th,  1853.  He  is  cousin  to  Daniel  Dewey,  the 
Griffins,  S.  T.  Bulkley,  and  A.  Pleasants  (see  Index). 

Was  fitted  for  college  in  schools  at  Troy,  whither  his 
father  had  removed  from  Williamstown  during  this  son's 
infancy,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1870,  and  was 
graduated  in  1874.  During  his  course  he  was  much  in- 
terested in  the  formation  of  the  Intercollegiate  Literary 
Association,  instituted  for  the  purpose  of  holding  annual 


1870.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  261 

contests  in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  he  was  the  first 
president  of  this  organization,  as  well  as  the  representative 
from  Williams  at  its  first  contest. 

After  graduation  he  spent  a  year  in  New  York,  en- 
gaged in  study  and  in  writing  for  the  New  York  Tribune. 
Then  returned  to  Troy,  where  he  began  the  study  of  law ; 
also  attended  lectures  in  the  Albany  Law  School,  from 
which  he  received,  in  1876,  the  degree  of  LL.B.  Being 
admitted  to  practice  in  May  of  that  year,  began  busi- 
ness in  Troy,  was  shortly  after  elected  Alderman  and  was 
made  Chairman  of  the  Common  Council's  Law  Committee. 

The  following  year  removed  to  Milwaukee  and  became 
a  member  of  the  law-firm  of  Davis,  Hubbell  &  Riess,  but 
after  a  short  time  returned  to  Troy  and  eventually  settled 
in  New  York  in  professional  practice. 

Mr.  Bulkley  married,  June  5th,  1879,  ^^  youngest 
daughter  of  Hon.  Wm.  H.  Chandler,  of  Thompson, 
Conn.,  and  has  by  this  marriage  a  daughter.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  239  Broadway. 

Poem,  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1872.  Prize,  Rhetorical  Ex., 
1873.  Editor  F2<^^//^  for  three  years.  Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1874. 


Barclay  Jermain,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son  of  James  B. 
and  Catherine  [Rice]  Jermain,  was  born  at  West  Troy, 
N.  Y.,  July  I2th,  1852. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Albany  Academy,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1870,  and  pursued  an  inter- 
rupted course  until  1873,  when  he  left  college  and  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  Albany  Law  School,  from  which 
he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1876.  Has  since  been 
engaged  in  mercantile  business,  never  having  practised  his 
profession.  In  1879  i"eceived  his  first  and  second  degrees 
from  Williams  and  was  restored  to  the  roll  of  his  class. 
Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Horace  Lyman  Hicks,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Edward 


262  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1870. 

J.  and  Helen  M.  Hicks,  was  born  at  St.  Albans,  Vt.,  May 
28th, 1854. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy  and  High 
School,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1 870, 
and  was  graduated  in  1874.  Studied  law  at  the  Albany 
Law  School,  from  which  he  received  his  LL.B.,  and  has 
since  admission  been  engaged  in  professional  practice. 
Is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Ballard  &  Hicks.  Unmar- 
ried.    (1880.) 

Address,  No.  39  Second  Street. 

Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1874.     Commencement,  1874. 


Frederick  Fenner  Neyhart,  of  Lake  Ridge,  Tomp- 
kins Co.,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  A.  [Fenner] 
Neyhart,  was  born  at  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  November  15th, 
1852.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Mount  Pleasant  Acad- 
emy, Sing  Sing,  N.  Y.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
the  fall  of  1870,  and  was  graduated  in  1874.  He  then 
became  partner  with  his  father  in  the  grain  and  flouring 
business,  and  in  July,  1879,  joined  in  forming  the  new  firm 
of  Watson  &  Neyhart,  bankers  and  brokers,  in  Auburn. 

Mr.  Neyhart  married,  February  26th,  1878,  Kate  H. 
Coffin.     (1880.) 

Address,  Cor.  Genesee  and  South  Streets,  Auburn,  N.  Y. 


Charles  Sumner  Holt,  of  Chicago,  111.,  second  son  of 
De  Villo  R.  and  Ellen  M.[  Hubbard]  Holt,  and  brother  of 
A.  L.  Holt  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Chicago,  October 
2ist,  1855. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake  Forest  Academy,  near 
Chicago,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1874.  Is  by  profession  a  lawyer,  practising  in 
Chicago.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  No.  97  Clark  Street. 


1870.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  263 

Editor  Williams  F;5<af^//^.  Prize,  German,  1873.  Second 
Benedict  Prize,  Nat.  Hist,  1874.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1874. 
Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1874.     Commencement,  1874. 


1871. 

Henry  Foster  Boardman,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Der- 

ick  L.  Boardman  (p.  105)  and  Mary  N.  [Foster]  Board- 
man,  and  nephew  of  Dr.  J.  Boardman  (p.  132),  was  born  at 
Rome,  N.  Y.,  then  his  parents'  home,  May  24th,  1854.  Was 
fitted  for  college  at  Buffalo,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  1871,  and  was  graduated  in  1875.  He  then  began 
the  study  of  law  in  Columbia  College  Law  School,  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  LL.B.  therefrom,  and  has  since  been 
engaged  in  business,  in  which  he  was  recently  admitted 
to  partnership  with  his  father.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 

Address,  Christie  &  Boardman. 

Prize,  French,    1874.     Editor  Williams   Vidette,     Mar- 
shal, Class-day,  1875.     Commencement,  1875. 


William  Henry  Knowlson,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  fifth  son 
of  James  S.  Knowlson,  Sr.,  and  brother  of  J.  S.  Knowlson, 
Jr.  (pp.  94,  244),  was  born  at  Troy,  May  17th,  1853. 
He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy  Academy,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  1871,  left  at  the  end  of  his  Sopho- 
more year,  was  for  a  time  engaged  in  the  book  and  sta- 
tionery business,  and  is  now  in  the  office  of  the  Troy  and 
Boston  R.  R.  Company  at  North  Adams.  Unmarried.  (1880.) 


*  Samuel  Winthrop  Darling,  of  Nassau,  New  Provi- 
dence (Bahama  Islands),  fourth  son  of  Hon.  Timothy  Dar- 
ling and  brother  of  Edwin  H.  and  Rev.  Dr.  T.  G.  Darling 
(pp.  205,  230),  was  born  Sept.  21st,  1854,  at  Nassau,  where 
his  father  resided  for  many  years  as  U.  S.  Consul. 


264  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1871. 

At  about  eleven  years  of  age  the  subject  of  this  sketch 
was  sent  to  the  United  States  for  the  acquisition  of  an 
education,  and  was  placed  in  charge  of  his  brother  Timo- 
thy, then  a  member  of  Princeton  Seminary,  with  whom 
he  remained  about  a  year.  He  then  spent  four  years  in 
Williston  Seminary,  where  he  was  considered  one  of  the 
finest  and  most  promising  scholars  ever  in  that  institution, 
and  was  graduated  in  1871  with  the  Valedictory  Oration. 
Entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  September  of  the 
same  year,  but  was  almost  immediately  attacked  by 
typhoid  fever,  the  seeds  of  which  he  probably  brought 
with  him,  and  died  in  about  a  fortnight,  on  the  13th  of 
September,  1871. 

Although  of  brilliant  talent  and  rare  promise,  he  was 
very  simple  and  unostentatious,  of  a  free  and  joyous,  yet 
mature,  disposition,  "  a  child  among  children  and  a  man 
among  men."  He  was  a  true  and  conscientious  Chris- 
tian, having  early  consecrated  himself  to  God,  and  his  life 
to  His  service.  He  was  earnest  in  all  religious  work,  and 
one  of  his  last  acts  was  to  creep  down  from  his  bed  of 
sickness  to  the  recitation-room  to  aid  in  establishing  a 
class  prayer-meeting.  His  life  came  and  went  "like  a 
perfect  day,  without  cloud  or  chill,  full  of  freshness  and 
song  and  gladness  and  clear  shining." 


18  72. 

George  Vail  Gould,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Hon. 
George  Gould,  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State 
of  New  York,  and  Sarah  M.  [Vail]  Gould,  and  cousin  of 
Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail  (p.  237),  was  born  at  Troy,  his  pa- 
rents' home,  October  24th,  185 1.  Was  fitted  for  college 
at  Williston  Seminary,  entered  Yale,  as  Freshman,  in  1869, 
remained  until  the  third  term  of  Junior  year,  during 
which  year  he  became  a  member  of  the  Psi  Upsilon  So- 
ciety, but  in  1872  came  to  Williams,  where  he  com- 
pleted his  course  and  was  graduated  in  1873.  He  then 
studied  law,  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Albany 


1872.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  265 

Law  School,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in  professional 
practice.     Is  unmarried.     (1880.) 

Prest.  Philotechnian.     Adelphic  Un.  Ex.,  1873.     A.M. 
in  course.     A.M.  ad  eundem,  Yale. 


Benjamin  Norton,  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Chris- 
topher F.  and  Sarah  [Chase]  Norton, — the  latter  origi- 
nally a  resident  of  Claremont,  N.  H., — was  born  at  Erie, 
Pa.,  in  1856.  Fitted  for  college  with  Prof.  N.  H.  Griffin 
in  Williamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  Septem- 
ber, 1872,  and  was  graduated  in  1876.  He  then  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Palmer,  Weed  &  Smith  in  Platts- 
burg,  his  home  and  that  of  his  parents,  and  practised 
there,  as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Norton  &  Riley,  until 
his  removal  to  New  York  in  May  of  the  present  year. 
Unmarried.     (1880.) 

Commencement,  1877. 


Francis  Henshaw  Dewey,  Jr.,  of  Worcester,  Mass., 
son  of  Hon.  Francis  H.  and  Sarah  B.  [Tufts]  Dewey,  was 
born  at  Worcester,  March  23d,  1856.  Is  brother  to  J.  C. 
and  G.  T.  Dewey,  nephew  to  Hon.  C.  A.  and  Dr.  G.  C. 
Dewey,  and  nearly  related  to  D.  Dewey,  C.  D.  and  G.  F. 
Betts,  and  J.  B.  Metcalf  (see  Index). 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  St.  Mark's  School,  South- 
boro,  Mass.,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September, 
1872,  and  was  graduated  in  1876  with  a  Philosophical  Ora- 
tion. He  then  studied  law  at  the  Harvard  Law  School, 
from  which  he  received  the  degree  of  LL.B.  in  1878,  and 
thereupon  settled  in  practice  at  Worcester. 

Mr.  Dewey  married,  December  12th,  1878,  Lizzie  D. 
Bliss,  of  Worcester.     (1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1875.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1875.  Philo- 
sophical, Commencement,  1876.     A.M.  in  course. 


266  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1872. 

Giles  Kellogg,  of  Las  Vegas,  New  Mexico,  brother 
of  Justin  Kellogg  (p.  238),  was  born  at  Troy,  N.  Y., 
December  21st,  1855.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Troy 
Academy  and  at  the  school  of  Professor  Allen,  Newton, 
Mass. ;  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1872,  and  was 
graduated  in  1876.  Studied  law  in  Albany ;  in  1877  received 
the  degree  of  LL.B.  from  Union  University  (formerly,  in 
this  department,  Albany  Law  School) ;  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  practised  for  a  time  in  Troy.  Removed  in  Jan- 
uary, 1879,  to  Chicago,  thence  to  Wisner,  Neb.,  again  in 
March,  1880,  to  Pueblo,  Col,  and  recently  to  Las  Vegas, 
where  he  is  engaged  in  banking.     (1881.) 

Commencement,  1876. 


Frank  Williams  Olds,  m.d.,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Chauncey  N.  and  Mary  B.  [Williams]  Olds, — the  latter 
a  resident  of  Cincinnati  before  marriage, — was  born  in 
Circleville,  O.,  June  19th,  1853.  Was  fitted  for  col- 
lege at  Williston  Seminary,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, in  the  fall  of  1872,  and  left  with  his  class  in 
1876,  but,  in  consequence  of  sickness,  without  graduat- 
ing. In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year  entered  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York,  whence 
he  was  graduated  in  the  fall  of  1877.  Since  then  has  prac- 
tised in  various  hospitals  in  the  city,  is  now  surgeon  at 
Bellevue  Hospital,  and  intends  eventually  to  open  an  office 
in  the  city  for  practice.     Unmarried.     (1881.) 

Prest.  Philotechnian.  Poet,  Class-day,  1876.  Editor 
Vidette  and  Athenceum,  three  years,  and  Gulielmensia?i,  1876. 


Charles  White  Huntington,  of  West  Brookfield, 
Mass.,  son  of  Charles  T.  and  Sarah  H.  [White]  Hunting- 
ton,— the  latter  of  Hinsdale  before  marriage, — was  born  at 
Stockbridge,  Mass.,  May  22d,  1854.  Was  fitted  for  college  at 
Williston  Seminary,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  Sep- 


1872.]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  267 

tember,  1872,  and  was  graduated  June  28th,  1876,  with  the 
Valedictory  Oration  (subject,  ''  The  Unseen"). 

After  graduation  read  law  for  a  year  in  Boston,  and 
in  the  autumn  of  1877  entered  Harvard  Law  School  in  the 
second  year,  but  being  compelled  by  failing  health  to 
leave  in  a  short  time,  soon  after  went  abroad  for  three  or 
four  months.  On  his  return  in  the  fall  of  1878  he  entered 
the  Theological  Seminary  at  Andover,  of  which  he  is  now 
a  member  in  the  Senior  class.     Unmarried.    (Dec,  1880.) 

First  Prize,  History,  1875.  First  Prize,  French,  1875. 
Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1875.  Second  Benedict  Prize,  Nat.  Hist, 
1876.  Prest.  Philologian.  Editor  WiUiams  AthetKBum. 
Valedictory,  Commencement,  1876. 


Adair  Pleasants,  of  Rock  Island,  111.,  son  of  Hon. 
George  F.  and  Sarah  T.  [Bulkley]  Pleasants,  was  born  at 
Rock  Island,  April  8th,  1854.  His  father,  a  Williams 
graduate,  was  originally  from  Washington,  D.  C,  and  his 
mother,  a  daughter  of  Solomon  Bulkley,  Esq.,  was  from 
Williamstown.  Through  the  former  he  is  cousin  of  Rev. 
F.  Noble,  and  upon  the  side  of  the  latter,  nephew  of 
Prof.  N.  H.  and  cousin  of  Prof.  E.  H.,  Rev.  H.  L.,  and 
S.  B.  Griffin  (see  Index),  and  related  to  other  members  of 
our  Society. 

He  was  fitted  at  the  High  School,  Rock  Island,  en- 
tered Knox  College,  Galesburg,  111.,  in  September,  1871, 
as  Freshman,  remained  one  year,  and  in  September,  1872, 
became  a  member  of  the  Sophomore  class  at  Williams, 
where  he  was  graduated  in  1875  with  the  First  Philosophi- 
cal Oration.  He  then  read  law  in  his  father's  office  and 
in  that  of  W.  H.  Gest,  Esq.,  in  Rock  Island,  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  July,  1878,  and  has  since  been  engaged  in 
practice.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 

First  Junior  Rhetorical  Prize,  1874.  Second  Benedict 
Prize  in  German,  1874.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1875.  Ivy  Ora- 
tor, Class-day,  1875.  First  Philosophical,  Commencement, 
1875. 


268  Biographicul  Record  of  the  [1872. 

Arthur  Haynesworth  Masten,  of  New  York  City, 
son  of  James  H.  and  Almeda  [Arthur]  Masten, — the  latter 
a  daughter  of  Rev.  Dr.  William  Arthur,  of  West  Troy, 
N.  Y., — was  born  at  Cohoes,  N.  Y.,  his  parents'  place  of 
residence,  September  nth,  1855. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  summer  of  1872.  Entered 
Williams  in  the  following  autumn  with  the  class  of  1876, 
but  left  in  the  middle  of  Sophomore  year,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  business  in  Cohoes  until  January,  1877,  when  he 
began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Earl  L.  Stimson, 
Esq.  (K.  A.  of  Union),  also  of  Cohoes.  In  October,  1877, 
removed  to  New  York,  and  entered  Columbia  College 
Law  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  LL.B.  in 
May,  1879.  ^^s  since  been  engaged  in  professional  prac- 
tice in  the  office  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  of  the  city. 

In  1876  Mr.  Masten  published  a  History  of  Cohoes, 
N.  Y.,  in  one  volume.     (1880.) 

Editor  Williams  Vidette, 


18  73. 

William  Gerard  Hallock,  of  Linden,  N.  J.,  son  of 
WiUiam  H.  and  Julia  [Mack]  Hallock, — the  latter  a  native 
of  Plainfield,  Mass., — was  born  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
June  15th,  1852.  His  grandfather,  the  late  Gerard  Hal- 
lock, Esq.,  a  native  also  of  Plainfield,  was  a  Williams 
graduate,  and  for  many  years  one  of  the  editors  of  the 
New  York  Journal  of  Commerce,  The  family  name  was 
originally  written  Halleck. 

The  subject  of  this  notice  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Williston  Seminary,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1873.  Entered  Williams  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  as 
Freshman,  and  remained  until  the  end  of  first  term  Jun- 
ior. The  following  year  entered  a  commercial  house  in 
New  York,  with  which,  after  a  year  spent  with  another 
fi  rm,  he  is  now  again  connected.     His  place  of  residence 


1 8 73-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  269 

while  in  college  was  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  but  since  1877  it  has 
been  as  above.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 


Gaylord  Parsons  Clark,  m.d.,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
son  of  ex-Mayor  Charles  P.  and  Aurelia  L.  [Nolton] 
Clark,  was  born  in  Syracuse,  his  parents'  place  of  resi- 
dence, November  12th,  1856.  His  father  is  of  the  North- 
ampton family,  of  which  there  have  been  several  in  our 
Society  (see  pp.  11,  126),  and  upon  that  side  he  is  also 
related  to  Rev.  Dr.  Parsons   (p.  117). 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Syracuse  Classical 
School,  under  Professor  Isaac  Bridgman,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1873,  and  was  graduated 
July  4th,  1877  with  a  Philosophical  Oration.  He  then  be- 
gan the  study  of  medicine  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  connected  with  the  University  of  Syracuse, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  June  i6th  of  the  present 
year,  receiving  the  degree  of  M.D.  and  the  Didama  prize 
for  the  best  set  of  examination  papers.  Immediately 
afterward  he  was  appointed  Teacher  of  Anatomy  by  the 
Faculty  of  the  college,  in  place  of  a  Professor  who  had 
resigned^  and  he  is  now  engaged  in  discharging  the  duties 
of  his  position  as  such.     (Dec,  1880.)  ^ 

Address,  No.  126  South  Salina  Street. 

First  Benedict  Prize,  German,  1876.     Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
1877.     Philosophical,  Commencement,  1877. 


George  Dennick  Wick,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  son  of 
Paul  Wick,  was  born  at  Youngstown,  O.,  his  parents' 
place  of  residence,  June  24th,  1854.  His  mother  was  orig- 
inally from  Hartford,  Conn.  He  was  fitted  for  college  at 
Greylock  Institute,  South  Williamstown,  entered  Wil- 
liams, as  Sophomore,  in  the  fall  of  1873,  and  left  at  the 
close  of  the  year  (June,  1874).  Was  then  in  Youngstown 
for  a  year,  at  Oil  City,  Pa.,  for  another,  and  since  1877  has 


270  Biographical  Record  of  the  Sj^'^lZ- 

been  settled  in  business  in  Cleveland,  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Condit,  Wick  &  Co.,  iron  manufacturers  and  mer- 
chants. 

He  married,  October  ist,  1879,  Mary  C.  Chamberlain, 
of  Cleveland.     (1880.) 

Address,  Nos.  i  and  3  River  Street. 


John  Clarke  Dewey  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  son  of 
Hon.  Francis  H.  and  Sarah  B.  [Tufts]  Dewey,  and 
brother  of  F.  H.  Dewey,  Jr.,  and  of  George  T.  Dewey 
(see  Index),  was  born  at  Worcester,  May  19th,  1857. 
Was  fitted  for  college  at  St.  Mark's  School,  Southboro, 
Mass.,  entered  Wilhams,  as  Freshman,  in  1874,  and  was 
graduated  in  1878.  Is  now  engaged  in  the  study  of  law 
in  Worcester.     ( 1 880.) 

Commencement,  1878. 


William  Gardner  Alcott,  of  Kansas  City,  Mo., 
was  fitted  for  college  at  Greylock  Institute,  South  Wil- 
liamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  in  1873,  from 
Cleveland,  O.,  then  his  home,  but  remained  only  until  the 
close  of  first  term.  He  has  since  been  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Cleveland,  and  about  two  years  ago  removed  to 
his  present  residence,  where  he  is  in  the  wholesale  notion 
trade.     Married  in  1876.     (1881.) 


1874. 

Adonijah  Bidwell,  of  South  Pueblo,  Col.,  oldest  son 
of  Orlando  B.  and  Candace  [Ransom]  Bidwell,  and  brother 
of  Curtis  Bidwell  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Monterey, 
Berkshire  County,  Mass.,  December  19th,  1854.  He  is  a 
descendant  of  Rev.  Adonijah  Bidwell,  the  first  Congre- 
gational minister  of  Monterey  (then  South  Tyringham), 


1 8 74-]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  271 

and  others  of   his  father's    family  have  borne  the  same 
name. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Williston  Seminary,  entered 
the  Junior  class  at  Williams  in  the  fall  of  1875,  upon  the 
scientific  course,  and  remained  one  year.  Has  since  been 
in  the  hardware  business  in  Abilene,  Kansas,  and  recently 
removed  to  South  Pueblo,  where  he  is  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Sweet  &  Bidwell,  commission  produce  merchants. 

Mr.  Bidwell  married,  in  1879,  Clara  Willard,  of  Chi- 
cago, who  recently  deceased,  leaving  an  infant  child. 

(Jan.,  1 88 1.) 


Henry  Colt,  Jr.,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of  Henry 
and  Elizabeth  [Bacon]  Colt,  and  second  cousin  of  Hons. 
James  D.  and  Thomas  Colt  (pp.  y^^  93),  was  born  in  Pitts- 
field,  his  parents'  home,  November  9th,  1856. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Pittsfield  High  School, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1874,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1878.  He  then  began  the  study  of  medicine  in 
Pittsfield  with  Drs.  Paddock  and  Adams;  in  February, 
1879,  entered  the  Boston  Medical  School,  and  is  now  en- 
gaged in  study  there.     (1880.) 


George  Henry  Tucker,  of  Pittsfield,  Mass.,  son  of 

George  J.  and  Harriet  [Sill]  Tucker,  was  born  in  Lenox, 
his  parents' home,  September  12th,  1856.  Was  fitted  for 
college  in  Pittsfield  High  School,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1874,  and  remained  until  the  end 
of  October,  1875.  He  was  then  in  his  father's  office  un- 
til September  26th,  1878,  when  he  became  County  Treas- 
urer of  Berkshire  County,  which  position  he  now  holds. 
Unmarried.     (1880.) 


William  Fletcher  Burden,  Jr.,  of  Troy,  N.  Y., 
son  of  WiUiam  F.  and  Julia  A.  Burden,  brother  of 
Howard    H.  and   cousin   of  J.   W.  Burden,  also   cousin 


272  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1874. 

of  Rev.  R.  P.  H.  Vail,  A.  W.  Durkee,  and  J.  A. 
Griswold  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Troy,  October  27th, 
1856.  Was  fitted  for  college  in  Williamstown  by  Prof. 
N.  H.  Griffin,  entered  Williams  with  the  class  of  1878, 
but  spent  the  year  following  Freshman  in  foreign 
travel,  and  upon  his  return  joined  the  class  of  1879,  with 
which  he  was  graduated.  Has  since  been  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  steel  at  the  Bessemer  Works.     (1880.) 


Howard  Hart  Burden,  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  brother  of  the 
preceding,  was  born  at  Troy,  December  i8th,  1857.  Was 
fitted  for  college  in  Williamstown  by  Prof.  N.  H.  Griffin, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1874,  and  was  gradu- 
ated in  1878.  Has  since  been  engaged  in  reading  law  with 
Peck  and  Tracy,  Esqs.,  of  Troy.     Unmarried.     (1880.) 


1875. 

Richard  Dickinson  Jewett,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Rev.  Dr.  A.  D.  L.  and  Elizabeth  H.  [Dickinson]  Jewett 
(see  p.  166),  was  born  at  Piermont-on-Hudson,  July  6th, 
1857.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  M.  W.  Lyon's  Collegiate 
School  in  New  York,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1875,  and  left  during  the  third  term  of  his  Junior  year. 
The  succeeding  fall  (1878)  entered  the  Law  School  of  Co- 
lumbia College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  LL.B.  in 
May  of  the  present  year.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar  June 
2d,  following,  and  is  now  engaged  in  practice  in  New 
York.  Mr.  Jewett  is  a  non-commissioned  officer  in  Com- 
pany 10,  Seventh  Regiment  N.  G.  S.  N.  Y.     (Dec,  1880.) 


George  Tufts  Dewey,  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  son  of 
Hon.  Francis  H.  and  Sarah  B.  [Tufts]  Dewey,  and 
brother  of  F.  H.,  Jr.,  and  J.  C.  Dewey  (pp.  265,  270), 
was  born  at  Worcester,  September  12th,  1858. 

He  was   fitted  for  college  at  Mt.  Pleasant  Institute, 


1 875-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams.  273 

Amherst,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September, 
1875,  and  was  graduated  in  1879  with  the  First  Philo- 
sophical Oration.  Is  now  engaged  in  studying  law  in 
Worcester.     (1880.) 

First  Benedict  Prize  in  Latin,  1878.  First  Ditto  Mathe- 
matics, 1878.  Moonlight  Ex.,  1878.  First  Philosophical, 
Commencement,  1879. 


1876. 

Almon  Whiting  Griswold,  Jr.,  of  New  York  City, 
son  of  Almon  W.  and  Mary  A.  [Perry]  Griswold,  was 
born  in  New  York,  November  4th,  1859. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  by  a  private  tutor,  and  en- 
tered Williams  at  the  beginning  of  second  term,  January, 
1876,  as  a  member  of  the  Freshman  class.  Remained 
until  the  end  of  the  year,  when  he  left  and  was  obliged  to 
refrain  from  study  for  a  while.  In  the  autumn  of  1877 
entered  Harvard  University,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the 
Senior  class  in  that  institution.     (Dec,  1880.) 


Curtis  Bidwell,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son  of  Orlando  B. 
and  Candace  [Ransom]  Bidwell,  and  brother  of  Ad.  Bid- 
well  (pp.  152,  270),  was  born  at  Freeport,  III,  July  ist, 
1856.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Grey  lock  Institute,  South 
Wilhamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  1876, 
but  was  compelled  by  sickness  to  leave  in  the  spring  of 
1878.  He  was  then,  for  a  time,  in  the  bank  of  which  his 
father  is  president,  and  is  now  engaged  in  fruit-farming, 
near  Albany,  in  company  with  R.  H.  Hawkins  (p.  274) 
of  his  class.     (Dec,  1880.) 


William  Berry  Roberts,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  en- 
tered Williams,  as  Freshman,  September,  1876,  and  was 
graduated  in  1880.     Is  now  studying  law  in  Washington. 

(Dec,  1880.) 
18 


2  74  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1876. 

Thomas  Scott  Lambert,  Jr.,  of  New  York  City,  son 
of  Dr.  Thomas  S.  and  Mary  J.  [Osborn]  Lambert, — the 
latter  a  native  of  Cairo,  Greene  County,  N.  Y., — was 
born  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  March  12th,  1855.  His  mother's 
family  is  remarkable  for  its  longevity.  His  great  grand- 
mother on  that  side,  before  her  death,  which  occurred  at 
the  age  of  ninety-eight,  could  say,  "  Arise,  daughter,  and 
go  to  thy  daughter,  for  thy  daughter's  daughter  hath  a 
daughter." 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Meriden,  N.  H.,  and  at 
Northfield,  Vt.,  entered  Williams,  as  Senior,  in  the  fall  of 
1876,  taking  the  partial  course,  which  he  completed  at  the 
graduation  of  his  class  in  1877.  Has  since  then  been  en- 
gaged in  medical  studies.  Married  Lillie  Fraser,  of 
Brooklyn.     (1880.) 


18  7  7. 

RosELLE  Hough  Hawkins,  of  Albany,  N.;Y.,  son  of 
H.  D.  and  L.  A.  [Davis]  Hawkins,  was  born  at  Albany, 
June  15th,  1859. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Greylock  Institute,  South 
Williamstown,  entered  Williams  second  term  Sophomore, 
January,  1877,  taking  the  partial  course,  and  remained 
until  December,  1878,  when  he  left  and  was  for  a  time  en- 
gaged in  a  wholesale  dry-goods  house  in  Albany.  Is  now 
employed  in  fruit-farming  near  that  city  in  company  with 
Curtis  Bidwell  (p.  273)  of  his  class. 

He  married,  on  the  8th  of  the  present  month,  Emma, 
daughter  of  Daniel  J.  and  sister  of  Louis  W.  Pratt  (p.  281), 
also  of  Albany.     (Dec,  1880.) 


Henry  Harris  Cooper,  of  Montrose,  Pa.,  son  of  Wil- 
liam H.  and  Mary  D.  [Paxson]  Cooper, — the  latter  a  resi- 
dent before  marriage  of  New  York  City, — was  born  at 
Montrose,  January  28th,  1858.  Is  nephew  of  the  Gilmans 
(see  Index). 


1 877-]  Kappa  Alpha  in    Williams.  275 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  Greylock  Institute,  South 
Williamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the 
autumn  of  1877,  but  left  after  about  a  month  on  account 
of  sickness.  He  re-entered  in  the  class  of  1882,  but  was 
again  compelled  by  failure  of  health  to  desist  from  study 
early  in  the  present  year.  Is  now  engaged  in  a  bank  at 
Montrose.     (1880.) 


George  Livingstone  Nichols,  Jr.,  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.,  son  of  George  L.  and  Christina  M.  [Cole]  Nichols, 
was  born  in  Brooklyn,  May  9th,  i860. 

Was  fitted  for  college  at  the  Brooklyn  Collegiate  and 
Polytechnic  Institute,  entered  Williams,  as  Junior,  Sep- 
tember, 1877,  upon  the  partial  course,  which  he  completed 
in  1879.  Re-entered  the  present  fall,  as  a  member  of  the 
Senior  class,  studying  for  his  degree.     (Nov.,  1880.) 

James  Wilson  Bullock,  of  Mt.  Auburn  (Cincinnati), 
O.,  son  of  Anthony  D.  and  Sarah  [Wilson]  Bullock,  and 
brother  of  George  Bullock,  K.A.  of  Cornell,  was  born  at 
Cincinnati,  July  4th,  1 860. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  at  Greylock  Institute,  South 
Williamstown,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September, 
1877,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Senior  class.  (Dec, 
1880.) 

Walter  William  Page,  of  Bay  City,  Mich.,  son  of 
Freeborn  H.  Page,  was  born  at  Westport,  Essex  County, 
N.  Y.,  his  parents'  home,  January  5th,  i860.  Was  fitted 
for  college  at  Greylock  Institute,  South  Williamstown, 
.and  entered  WiUiams,  as  Sophomore,  in  1877,  upon  the 
partial  course,  which  he  completed  in  the  summer  of  the 
present  year.  Is  engaged  in  the  lumber  business  at  his 
present  place  of  residence.     (1880.) 

Haynes  Hanford  Chilson,  Jr.,  of  Northampton, 
Mass.,  son  of  Haynes  H.  and  Catherine  S.  [Bates]  Chil- 


276  Biographical  Record  of  the  \y^n» 

son, — the  latter  a  daughter  of  Hon.  Isaac  C.  Bates,  col- 
league of  Daniel  Webster  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  for  many 
years, — was  born  at  Northampton,  April  ist,  1858. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  Northampton  High 
School ;  entered  Williams,  as  Sophomore,  September, 
1878 ;  left  at  the  close  of  Junior  year;  married,  on  the  6th 
of  the  present  month,  Kate  P.,  daughter  of  the  late 
Charles  S.  Blake,  of  Boston,  and  has  gone  abroad  to  re- 
main some  time  for  the  study  of  vocal  music.  While  in 
college  was  prominent  in  its  musical  affairs.     (Dec,  1880.) 

First  Sophomore  Prize,  Moonlight  Ex.,  1879. 


i878. 

Morrison  Isaac  Swift,  of  Ashtabula,  O.,  son  of 
Charles  E.  and  Emily  [Folger]  Swift,  was  born  at  Ra- 
venna, O.,  then  his  parents'  place  of  residence,  January 
6th,  1856. 

He  was  fitted  for  college  in  the  High  School  at  Ashta- 
bula, whither  his  family  had  removed,  and  at  Grand  River 
Institute,  Austinburg,  in  the  same  State.  Entered  Western 
Reserve,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1875,  and  remained 
two  years;  then  left  and  came  to  Williams,  entered  ad 
eundenty  and  was  graduated  in  1879.  Since  that  time  has 
continued  his  course  of  study,  as  a  Graduate  Student  in 
Greek  and  Philosophy,  in  Johns  Hopkins  University. 
Near  the  close  of  his  first  year  in  that  institution  he  pre- 
sented a  thesis  on  the  Ethics  of  Spencer  and  Kant  which 
was  so  favorably  regarded  that  he  was  thereupon  ap- 
pointed to  a  Fellowship  in  Philosophy  for  the  present 
academic  year.  The  University  Fellowships,  limited  in 
number,  are  worth  several  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 
(Dec,  1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1878.  Graves  Prize  for  Essay,  1879. 
Commencement,  1879. 


1878.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  277 

William  Foote  Seward,  of  Portland,  Me.,  son  of  Rev. 
Dr.  Dwight  L.  and  Mrs.  L.  H.  Seward,  was  born  at  Yon- 
kers,  N.  Y., — where  his  father  was  for  many  years  pastor 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, — in  1853.  Was  fitted 
for  college  by  a  tutor,  entered  WiUiams,  as  Junior,  Nov. 
1878,  and  was  graduated  the  present  year.     (1880.) 

Prize  Moonhght  Ex.,  1878.  Van  Vechten  Prize  for 
Extemporaneous  Speaking,  1880.  Orator,  Class-day,  1880. 
First  Prize  in  Oratory  at  Intercollegiate  Contest,  N.  Y. 
Academy  of  Music,  January,  1880,  and  also  at  the  pre- 
liminary contest  at  Williams  in  June  preceding. 


William  Buckingham  Dyer,  of  Cordova,  111.,  son  ot 
Charles  E.  and  Sarah  E.  [Root]  Dyer, — the  latter  before 
marriage  of  Sandusky,  O., — was  born  at  Racine,  Wis.,  his 
parents'  place  of  residence,  August  7th,  i860.  Was  fitted 
for  college  at  Racine  Academy,  entered  Williams,  as 
Freshman,  in  September,  1878,  left  at  the  end  of  the  year, 
and  has  since  been  engaged  at  Cordova  as  agent  of  the 
Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul  Railroad,  his  present 
position.     (1880.) 


Frederic  William  Downer,  Jr.,  of  New  York  City, 
son  of  Frederic  W.  and  Sarah  Downer,  was  born  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  October  8th,  1859.  Fitted  for  college 
at  Greylock  Institute,  entered  WiUiams,  as  Freshman, 
September,  1878,  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Junior  class. 

(Dec,  1880.) 

Address,  No.  13  West  Thirty-seventh  Street. 


*  Montague  Ripka  Ely,  of  Cleveland,  O.,  only  son  of 
George  H.  and  Amelia  [Ripka]  Ely  (p.  139),  and  nephew 
of  S.  P.  Ely  (p.  133),  was  born  at  Erie,  Pa.,  March  31st, 
1 86 1.     Was  fitted  for  college  at  Cleveland  Academy  and 


278  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1878. 

at  the  Brooks  School,  in  the  same  place ;  entered  Williams, 
as  Freshman,  September,  1878,  left  at  the  end  of  the  first 
year,  and  entered  Princeton,  ad  eundemy  September,  1 879. 
In  the  latter  part  of  May  following  he  was  attacked  by 
malarial  fever,  due  to  defective  drainage  about  the  college 
premises,  and,  after  a  sickness  of  but  little  more  than  a 
week,  died  at  Princeton,  May  26th,  1880.  So  favorable 
had  been  his  symptoms,  and  so  sudden  and  rapid  was  the 
change  for  the  worse  in  his  case,  that  his  parents  had 
barely  time  to  reach  him  after  receiving  the  summons  to 
his  side.  This  they  did  at  six  o'clock  in  the  evening  of 
the  25th,  and  at  four  the  next  morning  he  passed  away. 

From  President  McCosh  and  others  they  received 
most  comforting  assurances  in  regard  to  their  son's  sub- 
mission and  resignation,  and  his  hope  of  eternal  life.  As 
they  left  Princeton  in  the  evening  of  that  sad  day,  bearing 
his  precious  remains  away  to  their  own  home,  the  college 
bell  was  tolled,  the  class  of  which  the  deceased  had  been 
a  member  preceded  his  body  as  mourners,  while  the  re- 
maining classes  attended  it  as  an  escort  to  the  station.  It 
was,  the  President  remarked,  an  entirely  spontaneous 
tribute  of  admiration  and  love. 

Resolutions  of  regret  and  sympathy  were  passed  by 
the  class  of  the  deceased,  the  American  Whig  Society  of 
the  college,  to  which  he  belonged,  and  by  his  former  class 
in  Williams,  and  were  published  in  the  periodicals  of 
both  colleges,  as  well  as  in  the  Cleveland  daily  news- 
papers. 

Mr.  Ely  was  a  young  man  of  singularly  attractive  ap- 
pearance, and  he  gave  promise  of  unusual  mental  force  as 
well  as  personal  grace.  His  disposition  was  resolute,  yet 
gentle,  warm,  and  generous,  and  he  was  popular  and  be- 
loved not  only  in  the  colleges  of  which  he  was  a  member, 
but  throughout  the  community  in  which  was  his  home. 
Cleveland  Herald,  May  2gth,  1880,  in  part. 

Note, — This  death  was  the  first  of  a  series  of  similar 
occurrences  among  the  Princeton  students,  which  made 
it  necessary  to  suspend  the  college  exercises  and  to  dis- 


1878.]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  279 

pense  with  the  ordinary  celebration  of  Commencement. 
The  whole  number  of  deaths  was  eleven.     (1880.) 


WoLCOTT  Howe  Johnson,  of  Boston,  Mass.,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  [Stoddard]  Johnson,  and  cousin  of 
Samuel  Johnson  (p.  280),  was  born  in  Boston,  April  9th, 
i860.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  a  private  school  in  that 
city,  entered  WilHams,  as  Freshman,  in  1878,  taking  the 
partial  course,  but  at  the  end  of  a  year  entered  upon  the 
full  course  and  is  now  a  member  of  the  Sophomore  class. 

(Dec,  1880.) 

Address,  No.  7  Commonwealth  Avenue. 


Frederic  Wild,  Jr.,  of  Racine,  Wis.,  son  of  Frederic 
and  Eliza  M.  [Ames]  Wild, — the  latter  a  resident  before 
marriage  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y., — was  born  at  Kenosha,  Wis., 
October  13th,  1859.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Racine 
Academy,  entered  WilHams,  as  Freshman,  in  September, 
1878,  but  left  during  his  Sophomore  year.  Is  now  in  the 
General  Freight  office  of  the  Chicago,  Milwaukee  and  St. 
Paul  Railroad,  at  Racine.     (Dec,  1880.) 


Charles  Herrick  Keith,  of  East  Bridgewater,  Mass., 
son  of  Marcus  M.  and  Mary  A.  [Bailey]  Keith,  was  born 
in  Boston,  June  14th,  1859.  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^  college  at 
Adams  Academy,  Quincy,  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, October,  1878,  left  at  the  end  of  his  first  year,  and  is 
now  engaged  in  business.     (Dec,  1880.) 


1879. 

Frederic  Jennings  Parsons,  of  Auburndale,  Mass., 
son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Justin  W.  and  Catherine  [Jennings]  Par- 
sons (see  p.  117),  was  born  at  Nicomedia,  Turkey  in 
Asia,  December  3d,  i860.     He  attended  Robert  College 


28o  Biographical  Record  of  the  [1879. 

in  Constantinople  from  September,  1871,  until  his  depart- 
ure for  the  United  States,  which  he  reached  August  ist, 
1875.  Was  fitted  here  at  the  High  School  in  Newton, 
Mass.,  residing  in  Auburndale ;  entered  Williams,  as  Fresh- 
man, September,  1877,  ^^^  is  now  a  member  of  the  Senior 
class.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Second  Benedict  Prize,  in  Latin,  1879.  Same  in 
Greek,  1879.  Same  in  Nat.  Hist,  1879.  Honorable 
Mention,  Math.,  1879.  Second  Benedict  Prize,  German, 
1880.  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  1880.  Editor  Gulielmensian. 
First  Philosophical,  Commencement,  1881. 


Samuel  Johnson,  of  Salem,  Mass.,  son  of  Amos  H. 
and  Frances  S.  [Benjamin]  Johnson,  and  cousin  of  Wol- 
cott  H.  (p.  279),  was  born  at  Middleton,  Mass.,  July  i6th, 
i860.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Salem  High  School,  entered 
Williams,  as  Freshman,  in  the  fall  of  1879,  ^"^  is  now  a 
member  of  the  Sophomore  class.     (Dec,  1880.) 


Frederic  William  Barns,  of  Oakland,  Neb.,  son  of 
Caleb  P.  and  Elizabeth  [Eddy]  Barns, — the  latter  of 
Whitehall,  N.  Y.,  before  marriage, — was  born  at  Burling- 
ton, Wis.,  November  loth,  i860.  Was  fitted  for  college 
at  Racine  Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in 
1878,  left  during  the  early  part  of  Sophomore  year,  and 
is  at  present  engaged  in  a  bank  in  Oakland.     (Dec,  1880.) 


John  Tatlock,  3d,  of  Hoosac  Falls,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Rev.  John  and  Lucy  B.  [Whitman]  Tatlock,  grandson 
of  Professor  John,  nephew  of  Rev.  Dr.  WiUiam,  and 
brother  of  S.  W.  Tatlock  (see  Index),  was  born  at  Wil- 
liamstown,  Mass.,  March  12th,  i860.  Was  fitted  for  col- 
lege at  the  Park  Institute,  Rye,  N.  Y.,  entered  WiUiams, 
as  Sophomore,  September,  1879,  ^^<^  ^^  now  a  member  of 
the  Junior  class.     (Dec,  1880.) 


1 879-]  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  281 

Louis  Whipple  Pratt,  of  Albany,  N.  Y.,  son  of 
Daniel  J.  Pratt,  Ph.D.,  N.  Y.  State  Librarian,  and  Eliza 
[Whipple]  Pratt,  was  born  at  Fredonia,  N.  Y.,  August 
14th,  1862.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Albany  High  School, 
entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September,  1879,  ^^^  is 
now  a  member  of  the  Sophomore  class.     (Dec,  1880.) 

Moonlight  Ex.,  1881. 


Alfred  Lincoln  Holt,  of  Lake  Forest,  111.,  fourth 
son  of  De  Villo  R.  and  Ellen  M.  [Hubbard]  Holt,  and 
brother  of  C.  S.  Holt  (p.  262),  was  born  at  Lake  Forest, 
January  19th,  1862.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Lake  Forest 
Academy,  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  September, 
1879,  ^^d  is  now  a  member  of  the  Sophomore  class. 

(Dec,  1880.) 


Walter  Norman  Smith,  of  North  Adams,  Mass., 
son  of  Homer  A.  and  Maria  [Foss]  Smith,  was  born  at 
North  Adams,  October. 23d,  1861.  Was  fitted  for  college 
at  Drury  Academy  in  his  native  place,  entered  Williams, 
as  Freshman,  September,  1879,  ^^^  is  now  a  member  of 
the  Sophomore  class.    (Dec,  1 880.) 


1880. 

John  Howard  James,  of  Williamsburg,  Mass.,  son  of 
Lyman  D.  and  Helen  E.  [Field]  James,  was  born  at  Wil- 
liamsburg, August  1 2th,  1862.  Was  fitted  for  college  at 
Williston  Seminary,  and  entered  Williams  September 
last,  as  Junior.    (Dec,  1880.) 


John  Wesley  Harper,  of  Madison,  N.  J.,  son  of 
Charles  W.  and  Harriet  W.  [Winnek]  Harper,  was  born 
at  Madison,  July  9th,  1862.     His  father  is  a  member  of 


282  Kappa  Alpha  in  Williams,  [1880. 

the  publishing  house  of  Harper  &  Brothers  in  New  York 
City.  Was  fitted  for  college  at  Madison  Classical  Institute,, 
and   entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,  in   September  last, 

(Dec,  1880.) 


Seymour  Whitman  Tatlock,  of  Hoosac  Falls,  N.  Y., 
brother  of  John  Tatlock,  3d  (p.  280),  was  born  at  South 
Adams,  January  8th,  1862.    Was  fitted  for  college  at  Park 
Institute,  Rye,  N.  Y.,  and  entered  Williams,  as  Freshman,, 
in  September  last.    (Dec,  1880.) 


COLLEGE  OFFICERS. 


Alexander  Hyde,  Trustee. 

Lewis  M.  Rutherfurd,  Trustee,  (Columbia.) 

Rev.  Nathaniel  H.  Griffin,  D.D.,  Tutor,  Professor,  Librarian. 

Rev.  David  J.  Waller,  Trustee,  (Lafayette.) 

Rev.  Robert  Crawford,  D.D.,  Tutor. 

John  Tatlock,  LL.D.,  Tutor,  Professor,  Librarian. 

Hon.  Joseph  White,  LL.D.,  Tutor,  Trustee,  Treasurer. 

Rev.  William  Porter,  Professor,  (Beloit.) 

Hon.  James  D.  Colt,  LL.D.,  Trustee,  Professor,  (Berkshire 
Med.  Coll.) 

Hon.  Francis  H.  Dewey,  LL.D.,  Trustee. 

John  A.  Walker,  Tutor. 

Rev.  Edward  Taylor,  D.D.,  Trustee,  (Kalamazoo,  Olivet,  Chi- 
cago Theo.  Sem.) 

Derick  L.  Boardman,  Trustee. 

Rev.  Charles  J.  Collins,  Tutor. 

Hon.  Paul  A.  Chadbourne,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  Tutor,  Professor, 
(also  Bowdoin,)  President,  (also  Mass.  Agricultural  Coll.. 
and  University  Wis.,)  Trustee. 

Rev.  Robert  R.  Booth,  D.D.,  Trustee. 

Orlando  B.  Bidwell,  Trustee,  (Beloit.) 

William  Goodell,  M.D.,  Professor,  (University  Pa.) 

Rev.  William  Tatlock,  D.D.,  Trustee,  (Trinity,  General  Theo. 
Sem.,  N.  Y.) 

Samuel  M.  Cleveland,  M.D.,  Professor,  (University  Pa.) 

Walter  D.  Day,  M.D.,  Professor,  (N.  Y.  Coll.  Pharmacy.) 

Rev.  Samuel  H.  Kellogg,  D.D.,  Professor,  (Western  Theo. 
Sem.) 

Rev.  John  A.  French,  Trustee,  (Chicago  Theo.  Sem.) 

Rev.  George  L.  Raymond,  Professor. 

Rev.  Edward  H.  Griffin,  D.D.,  Tutor,  Professor. 

Rev.  James  F.  Spalding,  Tutor. 

Rev.  Timothy  G.  Darling,  D.D.,  Acting  Professor,  (Union.) 

Rev.  Rufus  W.  Clark,  Jr.,  Trustee,  (Kenyon.) 

Rev.  Francis  T.  Ingalls,  Regent,  (University  Kans.) 

Gaylord  P.  Clark,  M.D.,  (Univ.  of  Syracuse.) 


COMMENCEMENT  HONORS. 


Azariah  S.  Clark, 

Salutatory, 

1834. 

James  H.  Ellis, 

Salutatory, 

1835. 

Charles  A.  Williams, 

Valedictory, 

1835. 

John  Tatlock, 

Valedictory, 

1836. 

Joseph  White,  Jr., 

First  English, 

1836. 

Walter  Wright, 

Salutatory, 

1836. 

John  Wells, 

Valedictory, 

1838. 

John  A.  Walker, 

Philosophical, 

1840. 

Charles  Worthington, 

Salutatory, 

1840. 

Melzer  Montague, 

Philosophical, 

1841. 

George  P.  Briggs, 

First  English, 

1842. 

Charles  McKinstry, 

Salutatory,  (Rutgers,) 

1843. 

Seth  S.  Mellen, 

Philosophical, 

1843 

Joseph  H.  Budd, 

First  English, 

1844. 

John  F.  Allen, 

First  English, 

1846, 

Samuel  P.  Ely, 

Mathematical, 

1847. 

James  D.  Clark, 

Classical, 

1848. 

Daniel  E.  Safford, 

Philosophical, 

1848. 

Paul  A.  Chadbourne, 

Valedictory, 

1848, 

Dudley  Field, 

Philosophical, 

1850. 

Charles  A.  Dewey,  Jr., 

Salutatory, 

1851. 

Leonard  Bronk,  Jr., 

Historical, 

1851. 

William  Goodell,  Jr., 

Natural  History, 

1851. 

James  L.  McLean, 

Valedictory,  (Lafayette,) 

1852. 

Charles  M.  Freeman, 

Meteorological, 

1852. 

Robert  Jackson, 

iEsthetical, 

1854. 

John  Tatlock,  Jr., 

Mathematical, 

1856. 

John  Lamberton, 

Salutatory, 

1856. 

William  Tatlock, 

Philosophical, 

1857. 

Samuel  M.  Cleveland, 

Metaphysical, 

1858. 

Commencement  Honors, 


285 


Edwin  H.  Darling, 

Honorary  Or., 

1859. 

Joseph  W.  Hyde, 

^sthetical, 

i860. 

Gavin  Langmuir, 

Valedictory, 

1861. 

John  A.  French, 

Historical, 

1862. 

Edward  H.  Griffin, 

Metaphysical, 

1862. 

James  F.  Spalding, 

Classical, 

1862. 

Timothy  G.  Darling, 

Ethical, 

1864. 

Henry  M.  Booth, 

Honorary  Or., 

1864. 

Francis  T.  Ingalls, 

Valedictory, 

1864, 

Emory  W.  West, 

Honorary  Or., 

1865. 

Henry  C.  Miller, 

^sthetical, 

1867. 

John  C.  Haines, 

Philosophical, 

1870. 

Frank  H.  Davenport, 

Philosophical, 

1870. 

Adair  Pleasants, 

First  Philosophical, 

1875. 

Francis  H.  Dewey, 

Philosophical, 

1876. 

Charles  W.  Huntington, 

Valedictory, 

1876. 

Gaylord  P.  Clark, 

Philosophical, 

1877. 

George  T.  Dewey, 

First  Philosophical, 

1879. 

Frederic  J.  Parsons, 

First  Philosophical, 

1881. 

NECROLOGY, 


Deceased. 

Samuel  Darrow. ...    1834 

Russell  Brown 1835 

James  H.  Ellis 1835 

Azariah  S.  Clark 1837 

Calvin  G.  Martin 1842 

James  S.  Smith 1844  or '45 

Charles  D.  Betts 1845 

Rufus  G.  Wells 1845 

William  Clark 1846 

Thomas  Robbins 1846 

Charles  Worthington 1847 

Henry  W.  Porter 1847 

William  R.  Benjamin 1852 

Leonard  Bronk,  Jr  1854 

Job  S.  Olin 1854 

Moses  R.  Wright 1855 

Charles  McKinstry 1855 

Charles  E.  Trumbull 1856 

John  Lamberton 1857 

John  F.  Piatt 1858 

George  C.  Martin 1859 

Converse  A.  Kellogg i860 

Edwin  E.  Bronk 1861 

Caleb  W.  Sanford 1861 

John  Foot 1862 

George  C.  Dewey 1864 

John  A.  Walker 1864 

Robert  W.  McClellan 1865 

Hamilton  R.  Halsey 1866 

Emory  W.  West 1866 

Hulbert  F.  Fairchild 1866 

John  B.  Steele 1866 

William  R.  Stevens 1867 

Edward  P.  Taft 1867 

Moses  L.  Montague 1868 

Joseph  Lovell 1869 


Age. 

Initiated. 

Class. 

21 

1833 

1835 

23 

1834 

1837 

25 

1833 

1835 

24 

1833 

1834 

22 

1836 

1839 

1840 

1844 

24 

1837 

1839 

32 

1836 

1839 

23 

1843 

1846 

25 

1839 

1840 

25 

1839 

1840 

34 

1839 

1842 

25 

1845 

1849 

23 

1848 

1851 

42 

1834 

1836 

37 

1835 

1838 

36 

1839 

1843 

23 

1850 

1854 

22 

1853 

1856 

20 

1856 

1858 

32 

1843 

1847 

29 

1847 

1851 

32 

1848 

1850 

31 

1846 

1850 

26 

1851 

1855 

23 

1856 

i860 

43 

1839 

1840 

31 

1851 

1855 

22 

1861 

1864 

21 

1861 

1865 

48 

1836 

1838 

52 

1835 

1838 

54 

1837 

1841 

34 

1851 

1855 

45 

1845 

1846 

45 

1841 

1843 

Necrology,  287 


Deceased. 

Garwood  T.  Sheldon 1870 

John  B.  Skinner 1870 

Hasbrouck  Davis . .  1870 

Samuel  W.  Darling 1871 

Lemuel  B.  Gay 1871 

Melzer  Montague 1872 

Anthony  T.  Hall 1872 

Isaac  Bronson 1872 

James  Dixon 1873 

James  M.  Sayre 1874 

JohnF.  Allen 1874 

Charles  W.  Reynolds 1874 

Thomas  T.   Read 1874 

Rufus  R.  Williams 1875 

Henry  M.  Benedict 1875 

Jesse  O.  Norton 1875 

Benjamin  Wilcox 1875 

John  Wells 1875 

Hazen  Cheney 1876 

Charles  C.  Matteson 1876 

Nathaniel  H.  Griffin 1876 

Walter  Wright 1876 

Thomas  Colt 1876 

Robert  Jackson 1877 

Moses  C.  Robinson 1877 

Edmund  A.  Benedict 1878 

Austin  A.  Howard 1879 

Henry  Pratt 1880 

Joseph  Berens,  Jr 1880 

Montague  R.  Ely 1880 

Justin  W.  Parsons ,  1880 

Dudley  Field 1880 

David  H.  Kellogg 1880 

John  E.  Blake 1880 

James  H.  Reed 1880 

Alexander  Hyde 1881 

William  J.  Slidell 1881 

William  H.  Philip 1881 


Age. 

Initiated. 

Class. 

49 

1837 

1840 

47 

1842 

1842 

43 

1842 

1845 

16 

1871 

1875 

51 

1841 

1843 

54 

1837 

1841 

38 

1853 

1854 

37 

1852 

1856 

58 

1833 

1834 

60 

1833 

1834 

49 

1843 

1846 

30 

i860 

1864 

49 

1837 

1841 

46 

1848 

1852 

47 

1842 

1846 

62 

1833 

1835 

59 

1837 

1841 

56 

1835 

1838 

67 

1835 

1836 

24 

1867 

1871 

61 

1833 

1834 

57 

1834 

1836 

53 

1839 

1842 

42 

1853 

1854 

61 

1836 

1839 

58 

1837 

1840 

63 

1836 

1839 

55 

1849 

1850 

29 

1868 

1872 

19 

1878 

1882 

56 

1843 

1845 

49 

1847 

1850 

58 

1840 

1844 

48 

1848 

1852 

52 

1850 

1852 

66 

1833 

1834 

42 

1854 

1858 

56 

1842 

1846 

INDEX. 


PAGE 

Adam,  Robt.  W., 112 

Alcott,  Wm.  G 270 

Allen,  Jno.  F., 121,  284,  287 

Allen,  Wm.  F., 158 

Allis,  Wm.  D., 89 

Ames,  Jno.  H., 215 

Atkins,  Jas.  A. , 180 

Bacon,  Geo.  W, , 222 

Barney,  Chas.  T., 255 

Barns,  Fred.  W., 280 

Barton,  Oliver  G., 239 

Bellows,  Josiah  G., 227 

Benedict,  Edm.  A. , 80,  287 

Benedict,  Hen.  M., 115,  287 

Benjamin,  S.  G.  W. , 212 

Benjamin,  Wm.  R., 151,  286 

Berens,  Jos,  Jr., 256,  287 

Belts,  Chas.  D., 79,  286 

Betts,  Geo.  F.,   105 

Bidwell,  Ad. , 270 

Bidwell,  Curtis, 273 

Bidwell,  Orl.   B., 151,283 

Bishop,  Henry  W., 141 

Bissell,  Fr.  S., 176 

Blake,  Geo.  A., 143 

Blake,  Jno.  E 155,  287 

Boardman,   Der.  L., 105,  283 

Boardman,  Henry  F., 263 

Boardman,  Jno., 132 

Booth,  Henry  M., 231,  285 

Booth,  Robt.  R 146,  283 

Briggs,  Geo.   P., 98,  284 

Bronk,  Edwin  E., 153,  286 

Bronk,  Leon.  Jr., 154,  284,  286 

Bronson,  Isaac, 188,  287 

Bronson,  O.   Jr., 198 

Brown,  Aug.  C, 218 


PAGE 

Brown,  Russ., 50,  286 

Brown,  Wm.   G. , 52 

Budd,  Jos.  H., 124,  284 

Bulkley,  Sol.  T., 173 

Bullock,  Jas.  W 275 

Burden,  How.  H., 272 

Burden,  Jos.  W., 258 

Burden,  Wm.  F. , 271 

Campbell,  Dan., 189 

Canfield,  Jno.  D., 242 

Chadbourne,  Paul  A.,  135,  283,  284 

Cheney,  Hazen, 65,  287 

Chilson,   Haynes  H.  Jr 275 

Clark,  Az.S 11,284,286 

Clark,  Gayl.  P., 269,  283,  285 

Clark,  Jas.  D 126,  284 

Clark,  Ruf.  W.  Jr 232,  283 

Clark,  Wm 120,  286 

Clark,  Wm.  W., 240 

Cleveland,  Sam.  M.,..  202,  283,  284 

Cleveland,  Treadw., 226 

Coe,  Edw.  P., 259 

Collins,  Chas,  J., 113,  283 

Colt,  Hen.  Jr., 271 

Colt,  Jas,  D,, 76,  283 

Colt,  Thos., 93,  287 

Cooper,  Henry  H., 274 

Cooper,  Sid,  W,, 214 

Cowing,  Jno.  H. , 242 

Crawford,  Robt., 38,  283 

Cronkhite,  Edg., 145 

Cummings,  Alex.  B 256 

Curtis,   Luc.   Q., 28 

Darling,  Edw.   H., 205,  285 

Darling,  Sam.  W., 263,287 

Darling,  Tim.  G., 230,  283,  285 


590 


Index, 


PAGE 

Darrow,  Sam., 34,  286 

Davenport,  Fr.  H., ...  254,  285 

Davies,  Thos.  C, 114 

Davis,    Hasb., 107,  287 

Day,  Dan., 57 

Day,  Josh.  S., 245 

Day,    Orrin, 239 

Day,  Walt.  D., 205,  283 

Dean,  Geo., 125 

Dewey,  Chas.  A.  Jr 150,  284 

Dewey,  Chest.   P., 128 

Dewey,    Dan., 184 

Dewey,  Fr.  H 78,283 

Dewey,  Fr.  H.  Jr., 265,  285 

Dewey,  Geo.  C. , 209,  286 

Dewey,  Geo.  T. , 272,  285 

Dewey,  Jno.  C 270 

Dixon,  Jas,, 17,  287 

Downer,   Fred.  W.  Jr. , 277 

Durant,  Edw.  A., 250 

Durkee,  Aug.  W., 250 

Dwight,  Jas.  F. , 131 

Dyer,  Wm.  B., 277 

Ellis,  Jas.  H., 22,  284,  286 

Ely,  Geo.  H 139 

Ely,  Mont.  R., 277,  287 

Ely,  Sam.   P.,    133,284 

Fairchild,  Egb.  H., 186 

Fairchild,  Hulb.  F., 70,  286 

Fargo,  Chas.  E., . .    252 

Field,  Dudley, 149,  284,  287 

Finch,  Martin, 49 

Foot,  Jno 185,  286 

Freeman,  Chas.  M., 160,  284 

French,  Jno.  A., 221,  283,  285 

Gale,  Jno.  B 89 

Gay,  Lem.  B., 104,  287 

Gilman,   Benj.  I., 258 

Gilman,  Theo 220 

Gilman,  W.  S.  Jr., 220 

Goodell,  Wm.  Jr., 165,  283,  284 

Gould,  Geo.  V. , 264 

Gould,  Wm.  S., 251 

Granger,   Wm.  D., 256 

Griffin,  Edw.  H 224,  283,  285 

Griffin,  Henry  L 244 


PAGE 

Griffin,  Nath.  H 23,  283,  287 

Griffin,  Sol.  B., 259 

Griffith,  Jas.  S. , 93 

Grimwood,  Henry  W., 237 

Griswold,  Aim.  W.  Jr., 273 

Griswold,  Jno.  W. , 252 

Haines,  Jno.  C, 249,  285 

Hale,    Arthur, 260 

Hale,   Geo.  Jr., 235 

Hall,  Anth.  T., 189,  287 

Halley,   Eben, 229 

Hallock,  Wm.  G., 268 

Halsey,  Ham.  R., 231,  286 

Hammond,  Edw.  P. ,    203 

Harper,  Jos.  W. , 281 

Hawkins,  Ros.  H., 274 

Hawley,  Fred.  B., 232 

Hicks,  Hor.  L., 261 

Hill,  Chas.  J., 173 

Hill,  Mat.  L.  P., 215 

Hoes,  Wm,  M., 217 

Holt.  Alf.  L., 281 

Holt,  Chas.S., 262 

Horton,  Benj.  L., 142 

Horton,  Henry  B. , 129 

Howard,  Aust.  A 74,  287 

Howe,  Fisher  Jr., 257 

Hoyt,   Henry  M i6i 

Hubbell,  Chas.  B 260 

Huntington,   Chas 266,  285 

Hyde,  Alex 14,  283,  287 

Hyde,  Jos.  W., 208,  285 

Ingalls,  Fr.  T 240,  283,  285 

Ingham,  Jas.  V., 233 

Jackson,  Robt., 190,  284,  287 

James,  Jno.  H., 281 

Jermain,  Barclay, 261 

Jewett,  Aug.  D.  L. , 166 

Jewett,  Rich.  D. , 272 

Johnson,  Lew.  M., 216 

Johnson,  Samuel, 280 

Johnson,  Wol.  H., 279 

Jones,  Jno.  H., 245 

Jones,  Jno.  R 55 

Keith,  Chas.  H 279 


Index. 


291 


PAGE 

Kellogg,  Conv.  A. 148,  286 

Kellogg,   Dav.  H., 102,  287 

Kellogg,  Giles, 266 

Kellogg,  Justin, 238 

Kellogg,  Sam.  H., 213,  283 

Kidder,  Thomp., 33 

Knowlson,  Jas.  S., 94 

Knowlson,  Jas.  S.  Jr., 244 

Knowlson,  Wm.  H., 263 

Lambert,  Thos.  S.  Jr., 274 

Lamberton,  Jno., 193,  284,  286 

Langmuir,  Gavin, 218,  285 

Lansing,    Abm 187 

Lansing,  Chas.  A., 254 

Lansing,   Wm., 202 

Leupp,  Fr.  E., 248 

Lockwood,  Jno.  H., 243 

Lovell,  Jos 103,  286 

Lovell,  Wm.  F.  S 130 

Loveridge,  R.  C, 234 

Low,  Wm.  H., 253 

Mackenzie,  R.  S., 210 

Martin,  Calv.  G 77,  286 

Martin,  Geo.  C. , 122,  286 

Masten,   Arth.  H., 268 

Matteson,  Chas.  C '"253,  287 

Matteson,  Jos 249 

McClellan,  Carsw., 196 

McClellan,  Ely 181 

McClellan,    Robt.  W., 183,  286 

McKinstry,  Chas,, 97,  284,  286 

McLean,  Jas.  L., 157,  284 

Meacham,  Jas.  B., 175 

Meech,   Robt. , 205 

Mellen,  Seth  S., 98,  284 

Merrick,  Amb.  N., 147 

Metcalf,  Jas.  B., 221 

Miller,   Henry  C, 246,  285 

Mills,  Jos.  A 70 

Montague,  Melz., 81,  284,  287 

Montague,  Mos.  L., 127,  286 

Morss,  Leon.  W., 208 

Munger,  Geo.  G., 134 

Neyhart,  Fred.  F., 262 

Nichols,  Geo.  L.  Jr., 275 


PAGE 

Nicoll,  Matt.    N 216 

Noble,  Franklin, 192 

Noble,  Sol.  B., 46 

Norris,  Geo.  H., 20 

Norton,  Benj., 265 

Norton,  Jesse  O., 29,  287 

Noyes,  Fr.  G.. 169 

Olds,  Fr.  W., 266 

Olin,  Job  S., 43,  286 

Otis,  Wm.  B.,    46 

Page,  Walt.  W., 275 

Parsons,  Fred.  J., 279,  285 

Parsons,  Just.  W., 117,  287 

Perry,  Albertus, 107 

Perry,  Geo., 143 

Peters,  J.  Hugh, 201 

Philip,  Wm.  H 114,  287 

Phillips,  Edg.  L. 124 

Phillips,  Nich.  E., 123 

Phillips,  Ur.  B., • 51 

Piatt,  Jas.  N., 46 

Piatt,  Jno.  F 206,  286 

Pleasants,  Adair, 267,  285 

Porter,  Hen.  W., 94,  286 

Porter,  Wm., 75,283 

Pratt,  Henry, 168,  287 

Pratt,  Lou.  W 281 

Pynchon,  Jos.  C, 68 

Raymond,  Geo.  L., 223,  283 

Read,  Thos.  T., 81,  287 

Reed,  Jas.  H 170,  287 

Reynolds,  Chas.  W 228,  287 

Robbins,  Thos., 90,  286 

Roberts,  Wm.  B. , 273 

Robinson,  Mos.  C, 77,  287 

Rogers,  Jas.  H., 155 

Rogers,  L.  C, 197 

Rumsey,  Geo.  D., 258 

Rutherford,  Lew.  M.,   23,  283 

Sabin,  Henry  M., 167 

Safford,  Dan.  E., 127,  284 

Sanford,  Caleb  W 142,  286 

Sayre,  Jas.  M., 19,  287 

Schermerhorn,  Jac.  M., 247 


2g!2 


Index. 


PAGE 

Scott,  Jas.  A., loi 

Seward,  Wm.  F., 277 

Sheldon,  Gar.  T., 87,  287 

Sherman,  Lab.  S...   67 

Shumway,  Edw.  G., 252 

Skinner,  Jno,  B iii,  287 

Slidell,  Wm.  J 199,  287 

Smith,  Edw.  S 172 

Smith,  Jas.  S loi,  286 

Smith,  Walt.  N 281 

Spalding,  Jas.  F., 225,  283,  285 

Spalding,  Wm.  D  , 225 

Stanton,  Wm.  H 103 

Starkweather,  R.  E., 241 

Steele,  Jno.  B 58,  286 

Stevens,  Wm.  R., 85,  286 

Strong,  Edw 42 

Swift,  Mor.  I,, 276 

Taft,  Edw.  P., 182,  286 

Tatlock,  Jno.,    36,  283,  284 

Tatlock,  Jno.  Jr., 191,  284 

Tatlock,  Jno.  3d., 280 

Tatlock,  Seym,  W 282 

Tatlock,  Wm., 195,  283,  284 

Taylor,  Edw 96,  283 

Taylor,  Jno.  E.,    181 

Thacher,  Jno.  B. , 248 

Thompson.  Smith, 235 

Tibbits,  Jno.  A 228 


PAGE 

Tillinghast,  Chas.  B., 238 

Tingley,  Jno.  H., 180 

Trimble,  Jas.  E., 200 

Trumbull,  Chas.  E., 176,  286 

Tucker,  Geo.  H. , 271 

Vail,  Rich.  P.  H., 237 

Walker,  Jno.  A.,,  91,  283,  284,  286 

Waller,  Chas.  P., 88 

Waller,  Dav.  J., 31,  283 

Waller,  Geo.  G., 106 

Walton,  Jer.  E., 179 

Wells,  Jno., 60,  284,  287 

Wells,  Ruf.  G., 68,  286 

West,  Chas.  W., 243 

West,  Em.  W 236,  285,  286 

White,  Jos.,    40,  283,  284 

Wick,  Geo.  D.    269 

Wilcox,  Benj  , 84,  287 

Wilcox,  Marshall, 103 

Wild,  Fred.  Jr., 279 

Wilder,  Fr.  B., 251 

Williams,  Chas.  A., 35,  284 

Williams,  Ruf.  R., 159,  287 

Willis,  Edw.  J., 99 

Woods,  Ruf.  D 90 

Worthington,  Chas.,. .   92,  284,  286 

Wright,  Mos.  R., 55,  286 

Wright,  Thos 21 

Wright,  Walt., 47,  284,  287 


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